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Structure of Radiatively Cooled Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Masa-Aki Kondo*
Affiliation:
Senshu University, 3-8-1 Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 214, Japan

Abstract

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Radiative cooling strongly affects the thermal structure of dense jet, such as in SS433, through free-free emission. From the dynamical aspect, the beam width of a cooled jet does not expand, unlike from an adiabatic jet. From the thermal aspect, cooling efficiency determines the ratio of X-ray region of high temperature to optical one of low temperature. However, this ratio is influenced by the heating due to contained high-energy particles, which produce synchrotron radiation in the tail of the jet.

Extragalactic jets can also be considered in a similar way due to other energy loss mechanisms.

Type
V. Long Term Future Issues
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990

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