Relativistic Jet Stability and Structure from the Alfven Point Outwards
| dc.creator | Hardee, P. E. | |
| dc.creator | Rosen, A. | |
| dc.creator | Hughes, P. A. | |
| dc.creator | Duncan, G. C. | |
| dc.date | 1999-06-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:32:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:32:14Z | |
| dc.description | The amplitude of jet distortions and accompanying pressure and velocity fluctuations resulting from Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of three dimensional relativistic jets are explored. The effect of instability on jets as they accelerate from sub- to super-Alfvénic speeds is explored and a relativistic stabilization mechanism for trans-Alfvénic jets is proposed. The level to which asymmetric instabilities on supermagnetosonic relativistic jets will grow is predicted theoretically and a Doppler boosted ``apparent'' emissivity is computed. Effects due to helically twisted filamentary structure produced by asymmetric modes of instability should be readily observable on relativistic jets. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages, 3 figures, uses texas.sty file, to appear in the Proceedings of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology (CD-ROM) | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906491 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9906491 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/14438 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Relativistic Jet Stability and Structure from the Alfven Point Outwards | |
| dc.type | text |