General Relativistic Modeling of Magnetized Jets from Accreting Black Holes

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作者
Tchekhovskoy, Alexander [1 ]
McKinney, Jonathan C. [2 ]
Narayan, Ramesh [3 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Ctr Theoret Sci, Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Stanford Univ, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[3] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Inst Theory & Computat, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
来源
ASTRONOMY AT HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION 2011: THE CENTRAL KILOPARSEC IN GALACTIC NUCLEI | 2012年 / 372卷
关键词
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; 3-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; MAGNETICALLY DRIVEN ACCRETION; COLLAPSING STAR; FIELD GEOMETRY; RADIO-QUIET; SPIN; FLOWS; DISKS; EFFICIENCY;
D O I
10.1088/1742-6596/372/1/012040
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Recent advances in general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic modeling of jets offer unprecedented insights into the inner workings of accreting black holes that power the jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN) and other accretion systems. I will present the results of recent studies that determine spin-dependence of jet power and discuss the implications for the AGN radio loud/quiet dichotomy and recent observations of high jet power in a number of AGN.
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