The Formation and Disruption of Black Hole Jets
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Beschreibung
This book reviews the phenomenology displayed by relativistic jets as well as the most recent theoretical efforts to understand the physical mechanisms at their origin. Relativistic jets have been observed and studied in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) for about half a century and are believed to be fueled by accretion onto a supermassive black hole at the center of the host galaxy. Since the first discovery of relativistic jets associated with so-called "micro-quasars" much more recently, it has seemed clear that much of the physics governing the relativistic outflows in stellar X-ray binaries harboring black holes and in AGN must be common, but acting on very different spatial and temporal scales. With new observational and theoretical results piling up every day, this book attempts to synthesize a consistent, unified physical picture of the formation and disruption of jets in accreting black-hole systems.
The chapters in this book offer overviews accessible not only to specialists but also to graduate students and astrophysicists working in other areas. Covered topics comprise
- Relativistic jets in stellar systems
- Launching of AGN jets
- Parsec-scale AGN jets
- Kiloparsec-scale AGN jets
- Black hole magnetospheres
- Theory of relativistic jets
- The structure and dynamics of the inner accretion disk
- The origin of the jet magnetic field
- X-ray observations, phenomenology, and connection with theory
This book reviews the phenomenology displayed by relativistic jets as well as the most recent theoretical efforts to understand the physical mechanisms at their origin. Relativistic jets have been observed and studied in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) for about half a century and are believed to be fueled by accretion onto a supermassive black hole at the center of the host galaxy. Since the first discovery of relativistic jets associated with so-called "micro-quasars" much more recently, it has seemed clear that much of the physics governing the relativistic outflows in stellar X-ray binaries harboring black holes and in AGN must be common, but acting on very different spatial and temporal scales. With new observational and theoretical results piling up every day, this book attempts to synthesize a consistent, unified physical picture of the formation and disruption of jets in accreting black-hole systems.The chapters in this book offer overviews accessible not only to specialists but also to graduate students and astrophysicists working in other areas. Covered topics compriseRelativistic jets in stellar systemsLaunching of AGN jetsParsec-scale AGN jetsKiloparsec-scale AGN jetsBlack hole magnetospheresTheory of relativistic jetsThe structure and dynamics of the inner accretion diskThe origin of the jet magnetic fieldX-ray observations, phenomenology, and connection with theory
Presents most recent observational results of jet systems in X-ray binaries and AGNs Discusses most recent theoretical approaches to understanding the physics in these systems Provides the first steps towards a consistent, unified physical picture of the formation and disruption of jets in accreting black-hole systems Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Ioannis Contopoulos
Themen in »The Formation and Disruption of Black Hole Jets«
AGN Jets Accretion Disks Active Galactic Nuclei Black Hole Magnetospheres Cosmic Battery Formation of Astrophysical Jets Jet Disruption Jet Formation Magnetic Field Generation Micro Quasar Jets Poynting-Robertson Battery Relativistic Jets Stellar Black Holes X-ray Binaries
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“The book is a pleasant surprise in that each of the ten contributions it contains is a serious mini-review about one facet of the field … . The contributions themselves present an interesting snapshot of current theoretical ideas on black-hole jets and, although inevitably rather subjective, are well written. … Overall, this volume contains a nice mix of theoretical ideas combined with solid observational reviews. I would recommend it for someone wanting to gain a quick snapshot of the field.” (Rob Fender, The Observatory, Vol. 136 (1252), June, 2016)
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