2010/01/20 by Amir Levinson
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysical jet #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Classical mechanics #Dissipation #Emphasis (telecommunications) #Focus (optics) #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Geometry #Kinematics #Optics #Physics #Scaling #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271810016919
9 pages, HEPROII review talk
arxiv created 2010/01/20 · openalex publication_date 2010/06/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/18 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A brief overview of jets and their central drivers is presented, with a focus on accreting black hole systems. In particular, scaling relations that elucidate some basic properties of the engines are derived, and the implications for the associated outflows are discussed. The kinematics and dynamics of relativistic jets in various systems and the dissipation of their bulk energy is considered, with an emphasis on consequences of recent observations. Also considered is the interaction of the jets with their environment. Comments on multi-messenger probes are made at the end.