paper

Jet Formation and Collimation in AGN and microQuasars

arXiv:astro-ph/0108509

Abstract

We briefly review our current understanding for the formation, acceleration and collimation of winds to jets associated with compact astrophysical objects such as AGN and microQuasars.

32 pages, 8 figures, to be published in Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Physics "Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics" Georganopoulos et al. (Eds.), Mykonos conference, October 2000