Relativistic Jet. The environment around the AGN where the relativistic plasma is collimated into jets which escape along the pole of the supermassive black hole

Relativistic jets are extremely powerful jets of plasma which emerge from the centers of some active galaxies, notably radio galaxies and quasars. A jet is created from subatomic particles and magnetic fields in the accretion disk of the supermassive black hole in the nucleus of an active galaxy. It is believed that the twisting of magnetic fields in the accretion disk collimates the outflow along the rotation axis of the black hole, so when conditions are suitable, a jet will emerge from each face of the accretion disk. If the jet is oriented along the line of sight to earth, relativistic beaming will change its apparent brightness. The inner structure of an Active Galaxy. ... The inner structure of an Active Galaxy. ... An active galaxy is a galaxy where a significant fraction of the energy output is not emitted by the normal components of a galaxy: stars, dust and interstellar gas. ... For a non-technical introduction to the topic, please see Introduction to Special relativity. ... A Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation A solar coronal mass ejection blasts plasma throughout the solar system. ... Supermassive Black Hole is the first single by the British rock band Muse from their forthcoming album, Black Holes And Revelations. ... A Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation A solar coronal mass ejection blasts plasma throughout the solar system. ... An active galaxy is a galaxy where a significant fraction of the energy output is not emitted by the normal components of a galaxy: stars, dust and interstellar gas. ... An active galaxy is a galaxy where a significant fraction of the energy output is not emitted by the normal components of a galaxy: stars, dust and interstellar gas. ... This view, taken with infrared light, is a false-color image of a quasar-starburst tandem with the most luminous starburst ever seen in such a combination. ... Helium atom (not to scale) Showing two protons (red), two neutrons (green) and a probability cloud (gray) of two electrons (yellow). ... An accretion disc (or accretion disk) is a structure formed by material falling into a gravitational source. ... Supermassive Black Hole is the first single by the British rock band Muse from their forthcoming album, Black Holes And Revelations. ... Collimated light is light whose rays are parallel. ... Relativistic beaming is the process by which the relativistic effect modifies the apparent luminosity of a relativistic jet. ...

Similar jets, though on a much smaller scale, can develop around the accretion disks of neutron stars and stellar black holes. This article is about the celestial body. ... A stellar black hole is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a massive star (3 or more solar masses) at the end of its lifetime. ...

Elliptical Galaxy M87 emitting a relativistic jet

Although a disk's magnetic field and rotation are believed responsible for the formation of the axial radiation jet, the observed jets are more tightly collimated than predicted by current theory. Download high resolution version (611x638, 41 KB)from http://hubblesite. ... Download high resolution version (611x638, 41 KB)from http://hubblesite. ... The jet emitted by M87 in this image is thought to be caused by a supermassive black hole at the galaxys center. ... Radiation has a variety of different meanings. ... This is an incomplete list of some of the unsolved problems in physics. ...

It is believed that the formation of relativistic jets is the key to explaining the production of gamma-ray bursts. These jets have Lorentz factors of ~ 100, making them the fastest celestial objects currently known. Optical afterglow of gamma ray burst GRB-990123 (the bright dot within the white square and in the enlarged cutout) on 23 January 1999. ... In special relativity, the Lorentz factor or Lorentz term is a term that appears very often and is used to make writing equations easier. ...

It would be possible that certain jets are associated to binary systems. The case of the Crab Pulsar, situated in the Crab nebula (M1), would be a good example: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lempel/jets_and%20binary_systems-02.pdf

In that case the fundamental mechanism of forming and accelerating these jets is to be very similar to what is supposed to be for the solar wind and the Earth magnetosphere:

http://www.cetp.ipsl.fr/1gdpub/21phspa/concepts/sous-orage/sous-orage-magnetique.html