Relativistic Jets: Open Problems and Challenges
arXiv:1001.5122 · doi:10.1142/S021827181001683X
Abstract
Outstanding questions in the study of relativistic jets in their various astrophysical settings are discussed in the context of a general dynamical model.
12 pages, to appear in proceedings of workshop on High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflow II, to be published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D, uses ws-ijmpd.cls
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