Electromagnetically driven relativistic jets - A class of self-consistent numerical solutions

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Sep 1993

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 415, no. 1, p. 118-128.

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Plasma Jets, Relativistic Plasmas, Self Consistent Fields, Cold Plasmas, Computational Astrophysics, Magnetic Field Configurations

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We explore the generalized Grad-Shafranov (GS) equation (Lovelace et al. 1986), which describes the cross-field balance of the magnetic flux surfaces in a stationary, axisymmetric, cold relativistic MHD wind. We construct a family of self-consistent, jet-type, non-self-similar solutions in which flux surfaces thread the equatorial plane vertically and are eventually collimated into nested cylinders. These solutions conserve the total energy and angular momentum along each flux surface and satisfy the relativistic GS equation in the cross-field direction. We find that the total specific energy in the flow depends primarily on a dimensionless combination of the poloidal magnetic flux, the rotation, and the mass loading rate, which reduces to Michel's (1969) magnetization parameter for radial winds. The final width of the flow and its ratio of kinetic energy flux to Poynting flux depend sensitively on the pressure distribution of the ambient medium, which is required to contain the jet at its outer edge when no jet-confirming external toroidal magnetic field is present. Furthermore, we show that the magnetic pressure in the flow can be much higher near the axis than close to the edge, reflecting the 'pinching' effect of the toroidal magnetic field.

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