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Relativistic Jets from Accretion Disks
R. V. E. Lovelace, P. R. Gandhi, M. M. Romanova
The jets observed to emanate from many compact accreting objects may arise from the twisting of a magnetic field threading a differentially rotating accretion disk which acts to ma…
Bunching instability of rotating relativistic electron layers and coherent synchrotron radiation
Bjoern S. Schmekel, Richard V. E. Lovelace, Ira M. Wasserman
We study the stability of a collisionless, relativistic, finite-strength, cylindrical layer of charged particles in free space by solving the linearized Vlasov-Maxwell equations an…
Three-dimensional Simulations of Disk Accretion to an Inclined Dipole: II. Hot Spots and Variability
Marina M. Romanova, Galina V. Ustyugova, Alexander V. Koldoba +1
The physics of the "hot spots" on stellar surfaces and the associated variability of accreting magnetized rotating stars is investigated for the first time using fully three-dimens…
Relativistic Poynting Jets from Accretion Disks
Richard V. E. Lovelace, Marina M. Romanova
A model is developed for relativistic Poynting jets from the inner region of a disk around a rotating black hole. The disk is initially threaded by a dipole-like magnetic field. Th…
Three-dimensional Simulations of Disk Accretion to an Inclined Dipole: I. Magnetospheric Flow at Different Theta
Marina M. Romanova, Galina V. Ustyugova, Alexander V. Koldoba +2
We present results of fully three-dimensional MHD simulations of disk accretion to a rotating magnetized star with its dipole moment inclined at an angle Theta to the rotation axis…