TitleThe Formation and Disruption of Black Hole Jets
Author(s)Contopoulos, Ioannis;Gabuzda, Denise;Kylafis, Nikolaos
PublicationCham, Springer International Publishing, 2015.
DescriptionXI, 264 p. 87 illus., 46 illus. in color : online resource
Abstract NoteThis 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
ISBN,Price9783319103563
Keyword(s)1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 2. Astronomy???Observations 3. ASTROPHYSICS 4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles 5. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. GRAVITATION 9. Observations, Astronomical 10. PLASMA (IONIZED GASES) 11. PLASMA PHYSICS
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