Dissipative processes and their role in the evolution of radio galaxies

M Perucho - Galaxies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Particle acceleration in relativistic jets, to very high levels of energy, occurs at the expense of
the dissipation of magnetic or kinetic energy. Therefore, understanding the processes that …

Three-dimensional core-collapse supernovae with complex magnetic structures–II. Rotational instabilities and multimessenger signatures

M Bugli, J Guilet, T Foglizzo… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The gravitational collapse of rapidly rotating massive stars can lead to the onset of the low
T/| W| instability within the central proto-neutron star (PNS), which leaves strong signatures …

Kink-driven magnetic reconnection in relativistic jets: consequences for X-ray polarimetry of BL Lacs

G Bodo, F Tavecchio, L Sironi - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We investigate with relativistic MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) simulations the dissipation
physics of BL Lac jets, by studying the synchrotron polarization signatures of particles …

Linear stability analysis of magnetized relativistic rotating jets

G Bodo, G Mamatsashvili, P Rossi… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We carry out a linear stability analysis of a magnetized relativistic rotating cylindrical jet flow
using the approximation of zero thermal pressure. We identify several modes of instability in …

Numerical study of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and its effect on synthetic emission from magnetized jets

N Borse, S Acharya, B Vaidya, D Mukherjee… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Nonthermal emission from active galactic nucleus (AGN) jets extends up to large
scales, even though they are prone to many magnetohydrodynamic instabilities. Aims. The …

Linear analysis of the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in relativistic magnetized symmetric flows

A Chow, ME Rowan, L Sironi, J Davelaar… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We study the linear stability of a planar interface separating two fluids in relative motion,
focusing on the symmetric configuration where the two fluids have the same properties …

Linear stability analysis of relativistic magnetized jets-The Kelvin-Helmholtz mode

C Sinnis, N Vlahakis - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. We study the stability properties of relativistic magnetized astrophysical jets in the
linear regime. We consider cylindrical cold jet configurations with constant Lorentz factor …

An extension of Gmunu: general-relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics based on staggered-meshed constrained transport with elliptic cleaning

PCK Cheong, DYT Pong, AKL Yip… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the implementation of general-relativistic resistive magnetohydrodynamics
solvers and three divergence-free handling approaches adopted in the G eneral-relativistic …

The Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability at the Boundary of Relativistic Magnetized Jets

A Chow, J Davelaar, ME Rowan… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the linear stability of a planar interface separating two fluids in relative motion,
focusing on conditions appropriate for the boundaries of relativistic jets. The jet is …

A constrained transport method for the solution of the resistive relativistic MHD equations

A Mignone, G Mattia, G Bodo… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We describe a novel Godunov-type numerical method for solving the equations of resistive
relativistic magnetohydrodynamics. In the proposed approach, the spatial components of …