Simulations of precessing jets
Abstract
We report on the results of a three-dimensional, relativistic, hydrodynamical simulation of a precessing jet through which a compact blob of matter is set to propagate. We conclude that the morphology of superluminal sources is the result of a complex combination of phase motions, viewing angle selection effects, and non-linear interactions between perturbations and the underlying jet and/or external medium.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics III
- Pub Date:
- September 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003hsa..conf...23A
- Keywords:
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- radio galaxies;
- AGN;
- radio jets;
- MHD;
- relativistic hydrodynamics;
- magnetohydrodynamics;
- numerical simulations;
- numerical methods