MG11 |
Participant |
Mckinney, Jonathan | |
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Institution |
CfA - 60 Garden St. - Cambridge - MA - USA | |
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Session |
Talk |
Abstract |
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CM2 |
General relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of jet formation and propagation from black hole accretion systems |
General relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of black hole accretion disks show a simple jet formation process that is described well by the Blandford-Znajek effect. Unlike in relativistic HD simulations, the jet angular and radial structures are simple. We discuss our results and outline the need for additional microphysics to understand the mass-loading of the jet in GRB, AGN, and x-ray binary systems. |