The Effect of External Winds on Relativistic Jets

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Apr 2002

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American Physical Society, April Meeting, Jointly Sponsored with the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American As

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Relativistic jets in AGN may be surrounded by a more slowly moving wind near to the central engine. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations reveal considerable stabilization of the flow to perturbations if the wind speed is a significant fraction of the jet speed. Growth of asymmetric perturbations and structures arising therefrom is a function of (vj - v_w)/(γ M_j) where γ is the Lorentz factor and Mj = v_j/aj is the internal Mach number of the flow. Thus, velocity shear stabilization is separate from stabilization provided by high Lorentz factor or high Mach number.

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