The physics of E × B- drifting jets

Kundt, Wolfgang ; Gopal-Krishna, (2004) The physics of E × B- drifting jets Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 25 (3-4). pp. 115-127. ISSN 0250-6335

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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02702368

Abstract

E × B- drifting jets have been generally ignored for the past 25 years even though they may well describe all the astrophysical jet sources, both on galactic and stellar scales. Here we present closed-form solutions for their joint field-and-particle distribution, argue that the observed jets are near equipartition, with extremely relativistic, monoenergetic e±-pairs of bulk Lorentz factor γ ≲ 104, and are first-order stable. We describe plausible mechanisms for the jets' (i) formation, (ii) propagation, and (iii) termination. Wherever a beam meets with resistance, its frozen-in Poynting flux transforms the delta-shaped energy distribution of the pairs into an almost white power law, E2NE~E; with ε ≳ 0, via single-step falls through the huge convected potential.

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Keywords:Jet Sources; Monoenergetic Beams; E × B- drift; Unified Scheme
ID Code:13112
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