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Nov 1990
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Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, 21, 145
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ABSTRACT: Several observations indicate that strong extragalactic jets (EJ) appear to need magnetically aided confinement in order for the total (kinetic plus magnetic) external pressure to balance the jet total internal pressure. On the other hand, the motion of highly ionized EJ in a magnetic field is, in general, expected to excite MHD waves on the borders of EJ by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. We study transit-titne magnetic damping of magnetosonic and surface waves in these essentially collisionless plasmas, and show that these low-frequency compressiveNHi) waves produce appreciable electric currents, I,which can be dynamically important. Using indicated values from observations of strong EJ, we obtain for 2= 2c % lO-10, where I is the current required for confining these jets and EIB /BoI c5 the MHD perturbation level, with B (Bo) being the MHD wave background) magnetic field. We suggest that c may be self-regulating, perturbations > Qchoking-off the jet, requiring to return to c The model has also the advantage of admitting a distributed generator which acts along the jet length and avoids problems of previous models requiring a current generator at the galactic nucleus to maintain a huge circuit with length % EJ length. : GALAXIES-JETS - HYDROHAGNETICS
Busnardo-Neto Jose
de Assis Altair S.
Jafelice Luiz C.
Opher Reuven
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