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Magnetic Acceleration and Collimation of Gamma-Ray Burst Jets
A. Konigl
Exact semianalytic solutions for GRB outflows were recently derived using the equations of special-relativistic ideal MHD (see Vlahakis & Konigl in these Proceedings for a summary)…
Magnetic Driving of Relativistic Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei. I. Interpretation of Parsec-Scale Accelerations
Nektarios Vlahakis, Arieh Konigl
There is growing evidence that relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei undergo extended (parsec-scale) acceleration. We argue that, contrary to some suggestions in the literatu…
Neutron-Rich Hydromagnetic Outflows in Gamma-Ray Burst Sources
Nektarios Vlahakis, Fang Peng, Arieh Konigl
We demonstrate that ``hot'' MHD outflows from neutron-rich black-hole debris disks can significantly alleviate the baryon-loading problem in gamma-ray burst (GRB) sources. We argue…
Linear Polarization in Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Case for an Ordered Magnetic Field
Jonathan Granot, Arieh Konigl
Linear polarization at the level of has by now been measured in several gamma-ray burst afterglows. Whereas the degree of polarization, , was found to vary in some s…
Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Application to Gamma-Ray Burst Outflows: II. Semianalytic Super-Alfvenic Solutions
Nektarios Vlahakis, Arieh Konigl
We present exact radially self-similar solutions of special-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics representing ``hot'' super-Alfvenic outflows from strongly magnetized, rotating compac…
Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Application to Gamma-Ray Burst Outflows: I. Theory and Semianalytic Trans-Alfvenic Solutions
Nektarios Vlahakis, Arieh Konigl
We present a general formulation of special-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics and derive exact radially self-similar solutions for axisymmetric outflows from strongly magnetized, r…