Jets from Stars and Galactic Nuclei
Subtitle: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Bad Honnef, Germany, 3-7 July 1995 (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9783540611363
Subjects: Astrophysics; Stars, interstellar matter; Science; Stars; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - Star Guides; Astrophysics & Space Science; Astrophysical jets; Congresses; Galactic nuclei
Description: Jets are ubiquitous in the Universe, but ill-understood. Conservative books base their interpretations on focused stellar winds, ejected "bullets", black-hole central engines, and in-situ upgrading of electron energies via shocks. This volume, however, attempts a uniform interpretation of the bipolar-flow family, involving extremely relativistic pair plasma as the jet substance, and rotating magnets (possibly burning disks) as the central engines. Among the discussed sources are SS 433, YSO jets, planetary nebulae, our galactic center, and the class of extragalactic QSOs, both radio-loud and radio-quiet.