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astro-ph1999★ 61 cited
Jet Acceleration by Tangled Magnetic Fields
S. Heinz, M. C. Begelman
We explore the possibility that extragalactic radio jets might be accelerated by highly disorganized magnetic fields that are strong enough to dominate the dynamics until the termi…
astro-ph1999★ 29 cited
A Shotgun Model for Gamma Ray Bursts
S. Heinz, M. C. Begelman
We propose that gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are produced by a shower of heavy blobs running into circumstellar material at highly relativistic speeds. The gamma ray emission is produce…