Launching of Poynting Jets from Accretion Disks

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dc.creatorLovelace, R. V. E.
dc.creatorRomanova, M. M.
dc.date2009-01-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:35:39Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:35:39Z
dc.descriptionThe jets observed to emanate from many compact accreting objects may arise from the twisting of the 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 outflows, which have a significant mass flux and have energy and angular momentum carried by both matter and electromagnetic field and, Poynting outflows, where the mass flux is negligible and energy and angular momentum are carried predominantly by the electromagnetic field. We describe recent theoretical work on the formation of relativistic Poynting jets from magnetized accretion disks and new relativistic, fully-electromagnetic, particle-in-cell simulations of the formation of jets from accretion disks.
dc.description6 pages, 5 figures. Published in: Triggering Relativistic Jets (Eds. William H. Lee & Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz) Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 27, Contents of Supplementary CD, p.240; 2007RMxAC..27..240L
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4753
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4753
dc.identifier2007RMxAC..27..240L
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/217834
dc.subjectHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
dc.subjectEarth and Planetary Astrophysics
dc.titleLaunching of Poynting Jets from Accretion Disks
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