Knots in Magnetized Relativistic Jets and Their Simulations

dc.creatorvan Putten, Maurice H. P. M.
dc.date1995-11-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:20:30Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:20:30Z
dc.descriptionBright features (`knots') in extragalactic jets are commonly associated with reheating of charged particles in regions with shocks or strong compression. We find a natural appearance of nozzles in simulations of toroidally magnetized jets, and propose this as a generic mechanism of knotted structures such as in the jet of 0800+608. Nozzles provide correlated enhancement of emission in radio and optical, such as discovered in HST observations of 3C273. The simulations reveal a rich structure of knots, including a nose cone with a propagating knotted structure and a hot-spot as the most extended brightness feature. Unexpected is the observed separation of the hot-spot from a composite Mach disk closer to the source.
dc.descriptionFig3A (uuenc cps) incl'd, other figs available upon request
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9511145
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9511145
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10229
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleKnots in Magnetized Relativistic Jets and Their Simulations
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