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Structure of Radiatively Cooled Jets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Radiative cooling strongly affects the thermal structure of dense jet, such as in SS433, through free-free emission. From the dynamical aspect, the beam width of a cooled jet does not expand, unlike from an adiabatic jet. From the thermal aspect, cooling efficiency determines the ratio of X-ray region of high temperature to optical one of low temperature. However, this ratio is influenced by the heating due to contained high-energy particles, which produce synchrotron radiation in the tail of the jet.
Extragalactic jets can also be considered in a similar way due to other energy loss mechanisms.
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- V. Long Term Future Issues
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 551 - 554
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990