Bending relativistic jets in AGNs

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dc.creatorPlewa, T.
dc.creatorMarti, J. Ma.
dc.creatorMueller, E.
dc.creatorRozyczka, M.
dc.creatorSikora, M.
dc.date1997-06-12
dc.date1997-06-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:02:11Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:02:11Z
dc.descriptionWe present simulations of relativistic jets propagating in a nonuniform medium. Specifically, we study the bending of jets propagating obliquely to the vector of the density-gradient. Our results are applied to the NGC 4258, where such a medium is assumed to be provided by the atmosphere of the sub-parsec accretion disk tilted with respect to the original direction of the jet propagation. As a result, the jet is bent on a scale comparable to the density scaleheight of the disk atmosphere. The magnitude of the bending effect is found to be largest for light jets with low Lorentz factors. The predicted direction of bending is consistent with the observations.
dc.description6 pages, tex, uses lecproc.cmm, 3 figures (included); also available at http://www.camk.edu.pl/~tomek/papers/rjet_s.uu (reduced resolution) or http://www.camk.edu.pl/~tomek/papers/rjet_l.uu (full resolution); mpeg movies available at http://www.camk.edu.pl/~tomek/RJET/index.html#Bend . To appear in Proceedings of "Relativistic jets in AGNs", Cracow, 27-30 May 1997. Revised version: slightly modified text, corrected parameter set of model A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9706124
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9706124
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148538
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleBending relativistic jets in AGNs
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