Modelling the Origin of Astrophysical Jets from Galactic and Extra-galactic Sources
Abstract
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Though widely observed to be emanating out from a variety of galactic and extra-galactic sources, the underlying physical mechanism behind the formation of the cosmic jets and outflows are wrapped around by the veil of mystery till date. Neither the amount of matter contained in these jets could accurately be calculated by any definitive method. In this paper we present a theoretical model, which, for the first time we believe, is able to explain the jet formation phenomenon as well as can compute the mass outflow rate by self-consistently combining the exact transonic accretion-outflow topologies. Our model could also analyze the dependence of this rate on various physical parameters governing the inflow.
15 Latex pages containing 1 colour encapsulated postscript, 1 black and white encapsulated postscript and 3 black and white ordinary postscript figures. Macro: Texas.sty; Typos corrected, one colour eps figure replaced by black and white eps figure (Fig. 2.). To appear in the Proceedings of YATII conference
15 Latex pages containing 1 colour encapsulated postscript, 1 black and white encapsulated postscript and 3 black and white ordinary postscript figures. Macro: Texas.sty; Typos corrected, one colour eps figure replaced by black and white eps figure (Fig. 2.). To appear in the Proceedings of YATII conference