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We consider axisymmetric relativistic jets with a toroidal magnetic field and an ultrarelativistic equation of state, with the goal of studying the lateral structure of jets whose pressure is matched to the pressure of the medium through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Nadia L. Zakamska , Mitchell C. Begelman , Roger D. Blandford

A stationary self-consistent outflow of a magnetised relativistic plasma from a rotating object with an initially monopole-like magnetic field is investigated in the ideal MHD approximation under the condition $\sigma/U_0^2 >1$, where…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Bogovalov

The current popular model for launching, accelerating and collimating astrophysical jets is based on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). AGN jets are most probably powered by energy extracted from either an accretion disk or a rapidly rotating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Max Camenzind

We developed the full magnetohydrodynamical analytical jet model that allows accurate reproducing of a transversal and longitudinal structure for a highly collimated relativistic jets. This model can be used as a setup for convenient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 E. E. Nokhrina , I. N. Pashchenko , V. A. Frolova , R. V. Todorov

We study the linear stability of a planar interface separating two fluids in relative motion, focusing on conditions appropriate for the boundaries of relativistic jets. The jet is magnetically dominated, whereas the ambient wind is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-10 Anthony Chow , Jordy Davelaar , Michael Rowan , Lorenzo Sironi

Relativistic jets are collimated plasma outflows with relativistic speeds. Astrophysical objects involving relativistic jets are a system comprising a compact object such as a black hole, surrounded by rotating accretion flows, with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-01 Yosuke Mizuno

The paradigm in which magnetic fields play a crucial role in launching/collimating outflows in many astrophysical objects continues to gain support. However, semi-analytical models including the effect of magnetic fields on the dynamics and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Chiara Ceccobello , Yuri Cavecchi , Martin H. M. Heemskerk , Sera Markoff , Peter Polko , David L. Meier

Observations of relativistic jets from black holes systems suggest that particle acceleration often occurs at fixed locations within the flow. These sites could be associated with critical points that allow the formation of standing shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Peter Polko , David L. Meier , Sera Markoff

We discuss recent progress in understanding the launching of outflows/jets from the disc-magnetosphere boundary of slowly and rapidly rotating magnetized stars. In most of the discussed models the interior of the disc is assumed to have a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-06 R. V. E. Lovelace , M. M. Romanova , P. Lii

A magnetohydrodynamic model is constructed for a cylindrical jet immersed in an external uniform magnetic field. It is shown that, as in the force-free case, the total electric current within the jet can be zero. The particle energetics and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vassily S. Beskin , Leonid Malyshkin

We carry out a linear stability analysis of a magnetized relativistic rotating cylindrical jet flow using the approximation of zero thermal pressure. We identify several modes of instability in the jet: Kelvin-Helmholtz, current driven and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-13 Gianluigi Bodo , George Mamatsashvili , Paola Rossi , Andrea Mignone

We describe a new paradigm for understanding both relativistic motions and particle acceleration in the M87 jet: a magnetically dominated relativistic flow that naturally produces four relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shocks…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Masanori Nakamura , David L. Meier

We present equilibrium models of relativistic magnetised, infinite, axisymmetric jets with rotation propagating through an homogeneous, unmagnetised ambient medium at rest. The jet models are characterised by six functions defining the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 José-María Martí

The linearized relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) equations describing a uniform axially magnetized cylindrical relativistic jet spine embedded in a uniform axially magnetized relativistically moving sheath are derived. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Philip E Hardee

Relativistic jets associated with long/soft gamma-ray bursts are formed and initially propagate in the interior of the progenitor star. Because of the subsequent loss of their external pressure support after they cross the stellar surface,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-21 Konstantinos Sapountzis , Nektarios Vlahakis

The interaction of jets in High-Mass X-ray Binaries (HMXBs) with the strong winds driven by the hot companion star in the vicinity of the compact object is fundamental to understand the jet dynamics, non-thermal emission and long-term…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-18 J. López-Miralles , M. Perucho , J. M. Martí , S. Migliari , V. Bosch-Ramon

In this paper we present a detailed numerical investigation of the hypothesis that a rotation of astrophysical jets can be caused by magnetohydrodynamic shocks in a helical magnetic field. Shock compression of the helical magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Christian Fendt

We present time-dependent axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the interaction of a relativistic magnetized wind produced by a proto-magnetar with a surrounding stellar envelope, in the first $\sim 10$ seconds after core…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Bucciantini , E. Quataert , J. Arons , B. D. Metzger , Todd A. Thompson

Many explosive astrophysical events, like magnetars' bursts and flares, are magnetically driven. We consider dynamics of such magnetic explosions - relativistic expansion of highly magnetized and highly magnetically over-pressurized clouds.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Maxim V. Barkov , Praveen Sharma , Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Maxim Lyutikov

We perform a numerical simulation of magnetohydrodynamic radially self-similar jets, whose prototype is the Blandford & Payne analytical example. The reached final steady state is valid close to the rotation axis and also at large distances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Gracia , N. Vlahakis , K. Tsinganos