Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...390...46w&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 390, no. 1, May 1, 1992, p. 46-65. Research supported by Canadian Institute
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Accretion Disks, Active Galaxies, Black Holes (Astronomy), Extragalactic Radio Sources, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Radio Jets (Astronomy), Magnetic Field Configurations, Poloidal Flux, Poynting Theorem
Scientific paper
Previous work on the origin of self-collimated electromagnetic jets is extended to the general case where there is no reflection symmetry of the magnetic field about the equatorial plane of the disk. The axisymmetric field structure inside the disk is obtained by solving for the magnetic flux function, and the toroidal magnetic field, from the generalized thin-disk induction equation, which is derived. The asymptotic (large-z) magnetic field structure outside the disk is obtained by solving the force-free Grad-Shafranov equation semianalytically. Jet solutions are found in which the power flow is carried mainly by the Poynting flux of the electromagnetic field and the angular momentum outflow from the disk is carried by the magnetic field. The ratio of jet luminosities (top/bottom) depends directly on the degree of asymmetry of the field and can easily be much greater than unity. It is argued that the degree of field asymmetry in the disk is determined by the asymmetry of the weak galactic field fed into the disk at large distances over long periods of time.
Lovelace Richard V. E.
Sulkanen Martin E.
Wang John C. L.
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