Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-09-17
Astrophys.Space Sci. 298 (2005) 115-120
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 3 figures, Proc. of High Energy Density Astrophysics Conf., 2004
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10509-005-3920-6
The jets observed to emanate from many compact accreting objects may arise from the twisting of a magnetic field threading a differentially rotating accretion disk which acts to magnetically extract angular momentum and energy from the disk. Two main regimes have been discussed, hydromagnetic jets, which have a significant mass flux and have energy and angular momentum carried by both matter and electromagnetic field and, Poynting jets, where the mass flux is small and energy and angular momentum are carried predominantly by the electromagnetic field. Here, we describe recent theoretical work on the formation of relativistic Poynting jets from magnetized accretion disks. Further, we describe new relativistic, fully-electromagnetic, particle-in-cell simulations of the formation of jets from accretion disks. Analog Z-pinch experiments may help to understand the origin of astrophysical jets.
Gandhi P. R.
Lovelace Richard V. E.
Romanova Marina M.
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