Magnetic fields in astrophysical jets: from launch to termination

RE Pudritz, MJ Hardcastle, DC Gabuzda - Space science reviews, 2012 - Springer
Long-lived, stable jets are observed in a wide variety of systems, from protostars, through
Galactic compact objects to active galactic nuclei (AGN). Magnetic fields play a central role …

Disk winds, jets, and outflows: theoretical and computational foundations

RE Pudritz, R Ouyed, C Fendt… - arXiv preprint astro-ph …, 2006 - arxiv.org
We review advances in the theoretical and computational studies of disk winds, jets and
outflows including: the connection between accretion and jets, the launch of jets from …

Accretion-powered stellar winds. II. Numerical solutions for stellar wind torques

S Matt, RE Pudritz - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to explain the slow rotation observed in a large fraction of accreting pre-main-
sequence stars (CTTSs), we explore the role of stellar winds in torquing down the stars. For …

A symmetrically pulsed jet of gas from an invisible protostar in Orion

H Zinnecker, MJ McCaughrean, JT Rayner - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Young stars are thought to accumulate most of their mass through an accretion disk, which
channels the gas and dust of a collapsing cloud onto the central protostellar object. The …

Magnetically driven jets from accretion disks. III. 2.5-dimensional nonsteady simulations for thick disk case

T Kudoh, R Matsumoto, K Shibata - The Astrophysical Journal, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of 2.5-dimensional MHD simulations of jet formation by magnetic
accretion disks in which both ejection and accretion of disk plasma are included self …

Synchrotron radiation of self-collimating relativistic magnetohydrodynamic jets

O Porth, C Fendt, Z Meliani, B Vaidya - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of this paper is to derive signatures of synchrotron radiation from state-of-the-art
simulation models of collimating relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) jets featuring a …

Poynting Flux-dominated Jets in Decreasing-Density Atmospheres. I. The Nonrelativistic Current-driven Kink Instability and the Formation of “Wiggled” Structures

M Nakamura, DL Meier - The Astrophysical Journal, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonrelativistic three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of Poynting flux-
dominated (PFD) jets are presented. Our study focuses on the propagation of strongly …

Spin evolution of accreting young stars. II. Effect of accretion-powered stellar winds

SP Matt, G Pinzón, TP Greene… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a model for the rotational evolution of a young, solar-mass star interacting
magnetically with an accretion disk. As in a previous paper (Paper I), the model includes …

Physical processes in the interstellar medium

NY Gnedin, SCO Glover, RS Klessen… - Star Formation in Galaxy …, 2016 - Springer
Understanding the physical processes that govern the dynamical behavior of the interstellar
medium (ISM) is central to much of modern astronomy and astrophysics. The ISM is the …

SPIN EVOLUTION OF ACCRETING YOUNG STARS. I. EFFECT OF MAGNETIC STAR–DISK COUPLING

SP Matt, G Pinzón, R de la Reza… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a model for the rotational evolution of a young, solar mass star interacting with
an accretion disk. The model incorporates a description of the angular momentum transfer …