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Magnetized winds and photoevaporative winds are critical in shaping protoplanetary disk evolution. Using 2D axisymmetric (magneto-)hydrodynamic simulations with Athena++ implementing fully coupled thermochemistry, we investigate the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-02 Xiao Hu , Jaehan Bae , Zhaohuan Zhu , Lile Wang

The magnetic field is believed to play a critical role in the bulk acceleration and propagation of jets produced in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Polarization observations of AGN jets provide valuable information about their magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Jongho Park , Juan Carlos Algaba

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) outflows including jets and ionized winds have been key phenomena such as jet collimation and AGN feedback to the host galaxy in astrophysics. Radio galaxies, a type of AGN with misaligned jets, have provided…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-19 Taishu Kayanoki , Junjie Mao , Yasushi Fukazawa

We review advances in the theoretical and computational studies of disk winds, jets and outflows including: the connection between accretion and jets, the launch of jets from magnetized disks, the coupled evolution of jets and disks, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ralph E. Pudritz , Rachid Ouyed , Christian Fendt , Axel Brandenburg

(Abridged) We consider the polarization properties of optically thin synchrotron radiation emitted by relativistically moving electron--positron jets carrying large-scale helical magnetic fields. In our model, the jet is cylindrical, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Maxim Lyutikov , Vladimir I. Pariev , Denise C. Gabuzda

A single measurement of linear polarization of a nonthermal source provides direct information about the mean direction and level of ordering of the magnetic field. Monitoring of the polarization in blazars, combined with millimeter-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Alan P. Marscher

We explore the poloidal structure of two-dimensional (2D) MHD winds in relation to their potential association with the X-ray warm absorbers (WAs) and the highly-ionized ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) in AGN, in a single unifying approach. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Keigo Fukumura , Francesco Tombesi , Demosthenes Kazanas , Chris Shrader , Ehud Behar , Ioannis Contopoulos

Until very recently, few constraints existed on the physics of jets, even though they represent the first known evidence of mass outflow in AGN. This has begun to change with HST and Chandra observations, which allow us to observe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eric S. Perlman , Herman L. Marshall , John A. Biretta

The study of exoplanet atmospheres showed large diversity compared to the planets in our solar system. Especially Jupiter type exoplanets orbiting their host star in close orbits, the so-called hot and ultra-hot Jupiters, have been studied…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 Engin Keles

Blazars are thought to possess a relativistic jet that is pointing toward the direction of the Earth and the elect of relativistic beaming enhances its apparent brightness. They radiate in all wavebands from the radio to the gamma-ray bands…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-11 Ryosuke Itoh , Yasushi FUkazawa , Yasuyuki T. Tanaka , Makoto Uemura , Koji S. Kawabata , Hiroshi Akitaya , Kenji Kawaguchi , Yuka Kanda

The radio, optical, X-ray and gamma-ray nebulae that surround many pulsars are thought to arise from synchrotron and inverse Compton emission. The energy powering this emission, as well as the magnetic fields and relativistic particles, are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 J. G. Kirk

An increasing number of observations and simulations suggests that low-power (<10$^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$) jets may be a significant channel of feedback produced by active galactic nuclei (AGN), but little is known about their actual effect on…

The formation of galaxies is significantly influenced by galactic winds, possibly driven by cosmic rays due to their long cooling times and better coupling to plasma compared to radiation. In this study, we compare the radio observations of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-04 H. -H. Sandy Chiu , Mateusz Ruszkowski , Timon Thomas , Maria Werhahn , Christoph Pfrommer

Magnetic fields, which are undoubtedly present in extragalactic jets and responsible for the observed synchrotron radiation, can affect the morphology and dynamics of the jets and their interaction with the ambient cluster medium. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-09-13 V. Gaibler , M. Krause , M. Camenzind

We review recent observations of circularly polarized radiation from AGN made with the VLBA and with the ATCA. We also discuss briefly the detections of the Galactic sources Sag A* and SS433. The origin of the circular polarization is still…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John F. C. Wardle , Daniel C. Homan

We discuss the propagation of radiative MHD jets and outflows focusing on outflows driven by magneto-centrifugal rotators. Our goal is to link the properties of the jets with the physics of the sources which produce them. We find that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adam Frank , Thomas A. Gardiner , Thibaut Lery

The synchrotron-emitting nebulae formed by energetic winds from young pulsars provide information on a wide range phenomena that contribute to their structure. High resolution X-ray observations reveal jets and toroidal structures in many…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Patrick Slane

Blazars are highly variable active galactic nuclei which emit radiation at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays. Polarized radiation from blazars is one key piece of evidence for synchrotron radiation at low energies and it also varies…

High-mass microquasar jets propagate under the effect of the wind from the companion star, and the orbital motion of the binary system. The stellar wind and the orbit may be dominant factors determining the jet properties beyond the binary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 V. Bosch-Ramon , M. V. Barkov

Our understanding of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), has greatly improved in the last years thanks to unprecedented high resolution images taken from the HUBBLE, CHANDRA and XMM satellites. The discovery of complex but similar inner features,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 N. Bucciantini