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Comparative Study of Extragalactic Radio Sources from “Double Jet” models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

H. Dole
Affiliation:
DARC, UPR176 du CNRS, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon – France
H. Sol
Affiliation:
DARC, UPR176 du CNRS, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon – France
L. Vicente
Affiliation:
DARC, UPR176 du CNRS, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 92195 Meudon – France

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It seems now important to consider bulk velocity gradients inside jets (Blandford, 1993; Biretta et al, 1995) and recent results from tomography technique suggest the presence of different components in radio sources (Rudnick, this symposium). A few jet models take explicitly into account two components with different bulk velocities (Smith, Raine, 1985; Baker et al, 1988; Sol et al, 1989; Achatz et al, 1990). A fast beam comes from the vicinity of the black hole while a slower collimated wind is emitted by the accretion disk. When stable, the two components can survive along the jet. If a fast instability develops at a distance Dc from core, the beam is destroyed over some relaxation length. Its energy and momentum are transmitted to the wind. Apparent change in the flow regime such as slowing down, decollimation, local bending or discontinuity in surface brightness is the expected observational signature of such critical zones on radio maps. The exact appearance of the zone depends on the parameters of the two flows and on their interaction regime.

Type
Radio Source Modelling and Emission Mechanisms
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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