Jet formation driven by the expansion of magnetic bridges between the ergosphere and the disk around a rapidly rotating black hole

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Aug 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006phrvd..74d4005k&link_type=abstract

Physical Review D, vol. 74, Issue 4, id. 044005

Physics

18

Numerical Relativity, Physics Of Black Holes, Magnetohydrodynamics, Black Holes

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We report two-dimensional numerical results of jet formation driven by a magnetic field due to a current loop near a rapidly rotating black hole. We initially set the current loop along the intersection of the equatorial plane and the surface of the ergosphere around the black hole. In such magnetic configurations, there are magnetic flux tubes which bridge the region between the ergosphere and the corotating disk. The magnetic flux tube, which we call a “magnetic bridge,” is twisted rapidly by the plasma in the ergosphere due to the frame-dragging effect. The magnetic pressure of the magnetic flux tube increases and the strong magnetic pressure blows off the plasma near the ergosphere to form outflow. The outflow is pinched by the magnetic tension of the magnetic flux tube. Then, eventually, the jet is formed. That is, the magnetic bridges cannot be stationary, and they expand explosively to form a jet. The parameter survey of the background pressure shows that the radius of the collimated jet depends on the gas pressure of the corona. However, this does not mean the gas pressure collimates the jet. The gas pressure decelerates the jet and the pinch effect by the magnetic field becomes significant.

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