A clamshell for Blandford-Rees jets

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Structure, Radio Astronomy, Radio Galaxies, Flow Distribution, Hydrodynamics, Plasma Jets

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A number of possible causes for one-sided radio jets are examined. The author proposes that the one-sidedness of jets is due to the "thrust reverser", or clamshell, mechanism. Because the fluid in the central cavity of a Blandford-Rees jet must be forced from a spherically symmetric into a twin-exhaust pattern, the flow has a saddle point near the equatorial plane. The position of this point is determined by the balance of the momentum density in the jet cavity and in the gas outside the jets. This external gas is set in motion by stress between the jets and their surroundings. The resulting external flow, upon reaching the equatorial plane of the jets, shapes the central cavity and makes the jets asymmetric, in some cases switching one jet off altogether.

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