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We present numerical simulation of bulk Lorentz factor of relativistic electron positron jet driven by Compton rocket effect from accretion disk radiation. The plasma is assumed to have a power-law energy distribution and is continuously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Renaud , G. Henri

Radio-loud active galactic nuclei are among the most powerful objects in the universe. In these objects, most of the emission comes from relativistic jets getting their power from the accretion of matter onto supermassive black holes.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-26 Thomas Vuillaume , Gilles Henri , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci

Radiative deceleration of relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei as the result of inverse Compton scattering of soft photons from accretion discs is discussed. The Klein-Nishina (KN) cross section is used in the calculation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Qinghuan Luo , R. J. Protheroe

AGNs jets are known to display relativistic motion on parsec scales but the accelerating mechanism as well as the exact bulk Lorentz factor of the flow are still a matter of discussion. Under certain assumptions, a plasma can be accelerated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-18 Thomas Vuillaume , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Gilles Henri

We consider the radiative acceleration to relativistic bulk velocities of a cold, optically thin plasma which is exposed to an external source of gamma-rays. The flow is driven by radiative momentum input to the gas, the accelerating force…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Piero Madau , Christopher Thompson

A model is developed for relativistic Poynting jets from the inner region of a disk around a rotating black hole. The disk is initially threaded by a dipole-like magnetic field. The model is derived from the special relativistic equation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Richard V. E. Lovelace , Marina M. Romanova

We use a sample of radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with measured black hole masses to explore the jet formation mechanisms in these sources. Based on the K\"{o}nigl's inhomogeneous jet model, the jet parameters, such as the bulk…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Bo Chai , Xinwu Cao , Minfeng Gu

We investigate a relativistic fluid jet driven by radiation from a shocked accretion disc around a non-rotating black hole approximated by Paczy\'nski-Wiita potential. The sub-Keplerian and Keplerian accretion rates control the shock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-16 Mukesh K. Vyas , Rajiv Kumar , Samir Mandal , Indranil Chattopadhyay

Based on the K\"onigl's inhomogeneous jet model, we estimate the jet parameters, such as bulk Lorentz factor $\Gamma$, viewing angle $\theta$ and electron number density $n_{\rm e}$ from radio VLBI and X-ray data for a sample of active…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Minfeng Gu , Xinwu Cao , D. R. Jiang

Plasmas of geometrically thick, black hole (BH) accretion flows in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are generally collisionless for protons, and involve magnetic field turbulence. Under such conditions a fraction of protons can be accelerated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Kenji Toma , Fumio Takahara

Two types of relativistic jets are suggested to form near accreting black holes: a potentially ultrarelativistic Poynting-dominated jet and a Poynting-baryon jet. One source of jet matter is electron-positron pair production, which is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonathan C. McKinney

Almost all sources of high energy particles and photons are associated with jet phenomena. Prominent sources of such highly relativistic outflows are pulsar winds and Active Galactic Nuclei. The current understanding of these jets assumes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-09-01 Thomas Burkart , Oliver Elbracht , Urs Ganse , Felix Spanier

Short gamma ray bursts are presumably results of binary neutron star mergers, which lead to the formation of a stellar mass black hole, surrounded by a remnant matter. The strong magnetic fields help collimate jets of plasma, launched along…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-06 K. Sapountzis , A. Janiuk

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) require an engine capable of driving a jet of plasma to ultrarelativistic bulk Lorentz factors of up to several hundred and into narrow opening angles of a few degrees. We use global axisymmetric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-29 Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Jonathan C. McKinney , Ramesh Narayan

A general relativistic model for the formation and acceleration of low mass-loaded jets from systems containing accreting black holes is presented. The model is based on previous numerical results and theoretical studies in the Newtonian…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-09 Felix Brezinski , Ahmad Hujeirat

We investigate the dissipation of the bulk kinetic energy of a relativistic jet at different distances from the central power--house and analyse in detail how the dissipated energy is radiated away. We assume that the location of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Katarzynski , G. Ghisellini

High-energy cosmic rays (CRs) can be accelerated in the relativistic jets of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) powered by supermassive black holes. The baryon loading efficiency onto relativistic CR baryons from the accreting black holes is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-14 Xin-Yue Shi , Yi Zhang , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang

Relativistic jets of plasma are a key ingredient of many types of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Today we know that AGNs are powered by the accretion of inter stellar material into the gravitational field of a Super Massive Black Hole and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-24 Giovanni La Mura , Giovanni Busetto , Stefano Ciroi , Piero Rafanelli , Marco Berton , Enrico Congiu , Valentina Cracco , Michele Frezzato

We consider the centrifugal acceleration of charged test particles by rotating magnetospheres which are widely believed to be responsible for the relativistic jet phenomenon in active galactic nuclei (AGN). Based on an analysis of forces…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. M. Rieger , K. Mannheim

In blazars such as 3C 279, GeV gamma-rays are thought to be produced by inverse Compton scattering of soft photons injected from external sources into the jet. Because of the large bulk Lorentz factor of the jet, the energy of soft photons…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Masaaki Kusunose , Fumio Takahara
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