Dynamics and Structure of Three-Dimensional Poloidally Magnetized Supermagnetosonic Jets

Abstract

A set of 3D MHD simulations of magnetized jets has been performed. The jets contain an equipartition primarily poloidal magnetic field and the effect of jet density on jet dynamics and structure is evaluated. The jet is precessed at the origin to excite Kelvin-Helmholtz unstable helical modes. We extensively compare the structure in these simulations with linear stability theory. The jet that is dense with respect to the external medium develops a high speed core surrounded by a less dense sheath consisting of slower moving jet fluid. These simulations suggest that extended extragalactic jets propagate to such large distances because they are surrounded by a lobe or cocoon whose density is less than the jet density. (Abridged abstract.)

30 pages, AASTeX, to appear in ApJ, much better versions of Figures 2-5 are available at http://crux.astr.ua.edu/~rosen/hcr/hcr.html

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