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Recent radio VLBI observations of the relativistic jet in M87 radio galaxy have shown a triple-ridge structure that consists of the conventional limb-brightened feature and a central narrow ridge. Motivated by these observations, we examine…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-29 Taiki Ogihara , Kazuya Takahashi , Kenji Toma

The recent 230 GHz observations of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) are able to image the innermost structure of the M87 and show a ring-like structure which is in agreement with thermal synchrotron emission generated in a torus…

Relativistic jets are among the most fascinating objects in the Universe, and recent high-resolution Very Long Baseline Interferometric (VLBI) observations, including the Global mm-VLBI Array and the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), are able…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 Felix Glaser , Christian M. Fromm , Luca Ricci , Yosuke Mizuno , Matthias Kadler , Karl Mannheim , Michael Janssen

This paper theoretically investigates the relations between the structure of relativistic jets and produced synchrotron images, by using a steady axisymmetric force-free jet model. We especially focus on the limb-brightened jets that are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 Kazuya Takahashi , Kenji Toma , Motoki Kino , Masanori Nakamura , Kazuhiro Hada

This work summarizes a program intended to unify three burgeoning branches of the high-energy astrophysics of relativistic jets: general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (GRMHD) simulations of ever-increasing dynamical range, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-15 Richard Anantua , Roger Blandford , Alexander Tchekhovskoy

It has become commonplace is astronomy to describe the transverse coarse structure of jets in loosely defined terms such as "sheath" and "spine" based on discussions of parsec scale properties. But, the applicability, dimension and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-07 Brian Punsly

By general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations, it is suggested that the rotational energy of a rapidly rotating black hole (BH) is preferentially extracted along the magnetic field lines threading the event horizon in the middle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-07 Kouichi Hirotani , Hsien Shang , Ruben Krasnopolsky , Kenichi Nishikawa

We present self-consistent global, steady-state MHD models and synthetic optically thin synchrotron emission maps for the jet of M87. The model consist of two distinct zones: an inner relativistic outflow, which we identify with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 J. Gracia , N. Vlahakis , I. Agudo , K. Tsinganos , S. V. Bogovalov

We propose that the intensity changes and spectral evolution along the M87 jet can be explained by adiabatic changes to the particle momentum distribution function and the magnetic field. This is supported by the lack of any significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 S. Heinz , M. C. Begelman

Radio observations of the M87 jet reveal limb-brightened features that exhibit temporal variations, with the brighter limb side not remaining consistently fixed at the subparsec scales. Utilizing a force-free jet model that considers…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-26 Guan-Hong Li , Hung-Yi Pu

We analytically model stationary and axisymmetric active galactic nucleus jets, assuming energy conservation along each magnetic flux tube. Using very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations and published general relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-11 Kouichi Hirotani , Hsien Shang , Ruben Krasnopolsky , Satoki Matsushita , Britton Jeter , Keiichi Asada

We report new 2 cm VLBA images of the inner radio jet of M87 showing a limb brightened structure and unambiguous evidence for a faint 3 mas long counter-feature which also appears limb brightened. Multi-epoch observations of seven separate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-29 Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , D. C. Homan , K. I. Kellermann

The flux and the spectral index in X-ray energy band from the knots of M87 jet as observed by {\it{Chandra}} indicate a possible synchrotron origin but cannot be explained by simple one zone models with continuous injection of non-thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Sahayanathan

Relativistic magnetized jets, originating near black holes, are observed to exhibit sub-structured flows. In this study, we present synthetic synchrotron emission signatures for different lines of sight and frequencies, derived from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-25 Ravi Pratap Dubey , Christian Fendt , Bhargav Vaidya

The galaxy M 87 harbors a kiloparsec-scale relativistic jet, whose origin coincides with a supermassive black hole. Observational mm-VLBI campaigns are capable of resolving the jet-launching region at the scale of the event horizon. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-27 J. Davelaar , H. Olivares , O. Porth , T. Bronzwaer , M. Janssen , F. Roelofs , Y. Mizuno , C. M. Fromm , H. Falcke , L. Rezzolla

M87 hosts one of the closest jetted active galactic nucleus (AGN) to Earth. Thanks to its vicinity and to the large mass of is central black hole, M87 is the only source in which the jet can be directly imaged down to near-event horizon…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Matteo Lucchini , Felicia Krauss , Sera Markoff

Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) imaging of radio emission from extragalactic jets provides a unique probe of physical mechanisms governing the launching, acceleration, and collimation of relativistic outflows. The two-dimensional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-02 F. Mertens , A. P. Lobanov , R. C. Walker , P. E. Hardee

The low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei M87, archetype of Fanaroff-Riley I radio-galaxies, was observed in a historically quiet state in 2017. While one-zone leptonic jet models alone cannot explain the core radio-to-gamma-ray spectrum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Margot Boughelilba , Anita Reimer , Lukas Merten

We present a self-consistent MHD model for the jet of M87. The model consist of two distinct zones: an inner relativistic outflow, which we identify with the observed jet, and an outer cold disk-wind. While the former does not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Gracia , S. Bogovalov , K. Tsinganos

The structure and dynamics of the M87 jet from sub-milli-arcsec to arcsecond scales are continuously examined. We analysed the VLBA archival data taken at 43 and 86 GHz to measure the size of VLBI cores. Millimeter/sub-mm VLBI cores are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Masanori Nakamura , Keiichi Asada
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