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Jet dynamics in black hole physics: acceleration during subparsec collimation

F. de Felice, O. Zanotti

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9912413

Abstract

We study the processes of particle acceleration which take place in the field of a rotating black hole as part of a mechanism of formation of galactic jets within the first parsec from the central source, where gravitation is supposed to be dominant. We find the Lorentz factor that a stream of particles acquires as function of distance, when the orbital parameters vary slightly due to a local electromagnetic field or a pressure gradient.

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