Lecture 13:

Jets

Not These!

Solar Rotation

Roy Kerr

Roger Penrose

Stabilization of a Gyroscope

Cygnus A: Example of a Radio Galaxy

Hot spot

Lobe

Nucleus

21 cm radio image from the VLA

Synchrotron Radiation

From Thorne book

A Synchrotron on Earth

High Resolution Image of Cygnus A

6 cm radio image from the VLA

Components of the Cygnus A Radio Emission

Bow shock

Undisturbed intergalactic

gas

Splash point

Backflow

NGC 1265 – Radio Source in Galaxy Cluster

A Smokestack on a Windy Day

Radio Jets from Sources in Our Galaxy

SS 433

Models for SS 433

Microquasars in Our Galaxy

GRS 1915+105

The Giant Elliptical M87 in the Virgo Cluster

The Optical Jet of M87

Radio Images of the M87 Jet

Possible Methods of Jet Creation

A Magnetically Driven Jet

Blandford-Znajek Process