Abstract
We explore the effect of large scale magnetic field on the formation of two-component jets in magnetohydrodynamic disk winds simulations. Our simulations show a one-component and two-component jets develop depending on the magnetic field distribution along the surface of the accretion disk. Magnetic field configurations with the least steep gradient along the disk lead to a well defined two-component jet with the self-similar (Blandford-Payne) configuration separating the two regimes. Our results have direct implications to jets models of AGN and GRBs if indeed two-component jets emanate directly from the accretion disk. Our findings imply that a three-component jets may exist in AGN jets if one takes into account a Blandford-Znajek component in the innermost, relativistic, regions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 (2013), |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | EPJ Web of conferences |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 02006 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Staff, J., Koning, N., Ouyed, R., & Pudritz, R. (2013). Two-component jets from 3-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic jet simulations of disk winds at sub-parsec scales. EPJ Web of conferences, 61(02006), 1-6 (2013),. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136102006