Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-11-20
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D17:1677-1686,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pp, 5 figs; Invited talk at High Energy Processes in Relativistic Jets, Dublin, 2007, in press
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0218271808013297
We discuss numerical results of relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jet formation models. We first review some examples of stationary state solutions treating the collimation and acceleration process of relativistic MHD jets. We provide an a posteriori check for the MHD condition in highly magnetized flows, namely the comparison of particle density to Goldreich-Julian density. Using the jet dynamical parameters calculated from the MHD model we show the rest-frame thermal X-ray spectra of the jet, from which we derive the overall spectrum taking into account a variation of Doppler boosting and Doppler shift of emission lines along the outflow. Finally, we present preliminary results of relativistic MHD simulations of jet formation demonstrating the acceleration of a low velocity (0.01c) disk wind to a collimated high velocity (0.8c).
Fendt Christian
Memola Elisabetta
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