Disks and Jets: Gravity, Rotation and Magnetic Fields

John F. Hawley; Christian Fendt; Martin Hardcastle; Elena Nokhrina; Alexander Tchekhovskoy

doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0174-7

Disks and Jets: Gravity, Rotation and Magnetic Fields

John F. Hawley^*, Christian Fendt, Martin Hardcastle, Elena Nokhrina, Alexander Tchekhovskoy

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Abstract

Magnetic fields are fundamental to the dynamics of both accretion disks and the jets that they often drive. We review the basic physics of these phenomena, the past and current efforts to model them numerically with an emphasis on the jet-disk connection, and the observational constraints on the role of magnetic fields in the jets of active galaxies on all scales.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	441-469
Number of pages	29
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	191
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-015-0174-7
State	Published - Oct 1 2015

Keywords

Accretion
Accretion disks
Black hole physics
Instabilities
Jets
MHD

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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