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The baryon loading effect on relativistic astrophysical jet transport in the interstellar medium
- Source :
- New J. Phys. 20 (2018) 053060
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The composition of the astrophysical relativistic jets remains uncertain. By kinetic particle-in-cell simulations, we show that the baryon component in the jet, or the so-called baryon loading effect (BLE), heavily affects relativistic jets transport dynamics in the interstellar medium. On the one hand, with the BLE, relativistic jets can transport in a much longer distance, because jet electrons draw a significant amount of energy from jet baryons via the Buneman-induced electrostatic waves and the Weibel-mediated collisionless shock; on the other hand, the jet electron phase space distribution may transform from a bottom-wide-single-peak structure to a center-wide-multiple-peak one by increasing the BLE, which largely influences the observed jet morphology. Implications for related astrophysical studies are also discussed.
- Subjects :
- Physics - Plasma Physics
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- New J. Phys. 20 (2018) 053060
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1809.07922
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aac5b8