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Astrophysical Jets and Their Engines

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Wolfgang Kundt

    1. Institut für Astrophysik der Universität Bonn, Germany

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 208)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Sources and Their Models

    • W. Kundt
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Central Engine

    • W. Kundt
    Pages 13-20

  4. The Jets

    • W. Kundt
    Pages 21-28

  5. The Quasar Family — An Introduction and Taxonomy

    • C. Martin Gaskell
    Pages 29-46

  6. Our Galactic Center

    • E. Serabyn
    Pages 47-66

  7. Jets in X-ray Binaries

    • Hakki Ögelman
    Pages 67-90

  8. T Tauri Stars, Pre-T Tauri Stars, and Stellar Jets

    • Martin Cohen
    Pages 91-102

  9. The Physics and the Structure of AGN

    • Hagai Netzer
    Pages 103-124

  10. Improved Accretion Disk Models of Continuum Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei

    • Wei-Hsin Sun, Matthew A. Malkan
    Pages 125-128

  11. Velocities in Radio Galaxies and Quasars

    • P. A. G. Scheuer
    Pages 129-136

  12. Polarization and Magnetic Field Structure

    • P. A. G. Scheuer
    Pages 137-150

  13. Numerical Simulation of Jets

    • S. A. E. G. Falle
    Pages 151-161

  14. The Gas Dynamics of Jets

    • S. A. E. G. Falle
    Pages 163-170

  15. Cosmological Evolution of Active Galaxies & Quasars

    • J. A. Peacock
    Pages 171-183

  16. Unified Beaming Models and Compact Radio Sources

    • J. A. Peacock
    Pages 185-196

  17. Magnetic Equilibria of Jets

    • Gregory Benford
    Pages 197-204

  18. Stability of Magnetic Jet Equilibria

    • Gregory Benford
    Pages 205-210

  19. Dynamical Effects of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields in Jets

    • A. Achterberg
    Pages 211-222

  20. Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical jets

    • A. Achterberg
    Pages 223-236
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About this book

This volume is the documentation of the first Course on 'Neutron Stars, Active Galactic Nuclei and Jets', of an Erice School with a wide astro­ physical scope. The choice of the subject was made because of an apparent similari­ ty - stressed already at earlier meetings - of four classes of astrophy­ sical jet sources: Active Galactic Nuclei, Young Stellar Objects, Binary Neutron Stars and Binary White Dwarfs. They share important properties such as their morphology, high variability and large veloci­ ty gradients as well as - with some inference - their broad spectrum, hypersonic outflow and core/lobe power ratio. Despite this apparent similarity of the four source classes, quite different models have been put forward for their description: (i) The central engine of active galactic nuclei has been generally thought to be a black hole, in contrast to the central engine of young stellar objects and cometary nebulae which apparently is a pre-T-Tauri star, some six orders of magnitude less compact, and to the central engine of planetary nebulae which mayor may not be a binary white dwarf. (ii) The elongated lobes, or flow patterns, have been often interpreted as highly directional stellar wind outflows whereas in a few well­ mapped cases, the elongated flow appears to be 'pumped up' through a much narrower channel, or jet, both in the extragalactic and stellar sources.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Astrophysik der Universität Bonn, Germany

    Wolfgang Kundt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Astrophysical Jets and Their Engines

  • Editors: Wolfgang Kundt

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3927-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2548-6Published: 31 July 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8242-6Published: 01 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3927-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 256

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Electronics

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