Jet Acceleration and Dissipation

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Dec 1998

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Abstracts of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, held in Paris, France, Dec. 14-18, 1998. Eds.:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Extragalactic jets generally exhibit large bulk Lorentz factors at kpc distances from the central engine, of order Gamma ~10 or larger. The acceleration mechanism for these jets is still not well known, however, magnetic fields are most likely an important contributor. We will present recent work on jet acceleration by highly disorganized, anisotropic magnetic fields in the presence of dissipation of magnetic energy. We will investigate observable properties (such as radiative characteristics, opening angles, terminal bulk Lorentz factors, and shock strengths) and the effects of radiation drag in such jets.

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