Lecture 13: Jets
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Transcript of Lecture 13: Jets
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