Document Type
Article
Rights
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
Abstract
Abstract. In this letter, we propose a model to explain the disintegration of ex- tragalactic jets and to predict the associated timescale. The model assumes that a jet is current and charge neutral as well as collimated at its source; however, the forward electron current gradually decays producing a magnetic field transverse to the direction of jet propagation. This growing transverse magnetic field eventually causes the jet to disintegrate.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377809990730
Recommended Citation
Spicer, D. S., Bingham, R. & O'Sullivan, S. A model for predicting extragalactic jet lifetimes. Journal of Plasma Physics, vol. 76, no.02, pg. 129-134. doi:10.1017/S0022377809990730
