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Modeling the inner part of the jet in M87: Confronting jet morphology with theory

Journal Article · · Science Advances
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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China); Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China). Tsung-Dao Lee Institute
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China); Fudan University, Shanghai (China)
  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China); Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany)
  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn (Germany)
  6. Peking University, Beijing (China)
  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  8. Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Warsaw (Poland)
  9. Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
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The formation of jets in black hole accretion systems is a long-standing problem. It has been proposed that a jet can be formed by extracting the rotation energy of the black hole (“BZ-jet”) or the accretion flow (“disk-jet”). While both models can produce collimated relativistic outflows, neither has successfully explained the observed jet morphology. By using general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations and considering nonthermal electrons accelerated by magnetic reconnection that is likely driven by magnetic eruption in the underlying accretion flow, we obtain images by radiative transfer calculations and compared them to millimeter observations of the jet in M87. We find that the BZ-jet originating from a magnetically arrested disk around a high-spin black hole can well reproduce the jet morphology, including its width and limb-brightening feature.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Centre (NCN); Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
2563364
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--25-23587
Journal Information:
Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 10; ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAASCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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