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astro-ph2007★ 21 cited
Fossil AGN jets as ultra high energy particle accelerators
Gregory Benford, R. J. Protheroe
Remnants of AGN jets and their surrounding cocoons leave colossal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fossil structures storing total energies ~10^{60} erg. The original active galacic nucle…
astro-ph2006★ 8 cited
Stability of Magnetic Equilibria in Radio Balloons
Gregory Benford
Current-carrying flows, in the laboratory and in astrophysical jets, can form remarkably stable magnetic structures. Decades of experience shows that such flows often build equilib…