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| Paper: |
On a MHD classification of AGN jets |
| Volume: |
290, Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy |
| Page: |
355 |
| Authors: |
Sauty, C.; Tsinganos, K.; Trussoni, E. |
| Abstract: |
Winds and jets associated with compact astrophysical objects such as AGN and micro-Quasars are thought to be plasmas escaping from a rotating and magnetized accretion disk with a magnetosphere around a central black hole. It is proposed that in a space where the two main variables are the energy of the magnetic rotator of the central objects and the angle between the line of sight and the ejection axis, some observed characteristics of AGN jets can be understood. A criterion for the transition of the morphologies of the outflows from highly collimated jets to uncollimated winds is given. It is based on the analysis of a particular class of exact solutions and may somehow generalize other earlier suggestions, such as the spinning of the black hole, the fueling of the central object, or the effects of the environment. |
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