General relativistic MHD jets

DOI10.1007/978-3-540-76937-8_10zbMATH Open1195.85013arXiv0909.2580OpenAlexW2121948990MaRDI QIDQ3574409FDOQ3574409

Authors: Julian H. Krolik, John F. Hawley 

Publication date: 9 July 2010

Published in: The Jet Paradigm (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Magnetic fields connecting the immediate environs of rotating black holes to large distances appear to be the most promising mechanism for launching relativistic jets, an idea first developed by Blandford and Znajek in the mid-1970s. To enable an understanding of this process, we provide a brief introduction to dynamics and electromagnetism in the spacetime near black holes. We then present a brief summary of the classical Blandford-Znajek mechanism and its conceptual foundations. Recently, it has become possible to study these effects in much greater detail using numerical simulation. After discussing which aspects of the problem can be handled well by numerical means and which aspects remain beyond the grasp of such methods, we summarize their results so far. Simulations have confirmed that processes akin to the classical Blandford-Znajek mechanism can launch powerful electromagnetically-dominated jets, and have shown how the jet luminosity can be related to black hole spin and concurrent accretion rate. However, they have also shown that the luminosity and variability of jets can depend strongly on magnetic field geometry. We close with a discussion of several important open questions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.2580

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Black holes (83C57) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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