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Microscopic Processes In Global Relativistic Jets Containing Helical Magnetic Fields

Kenichi Nishikawa
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Yosuke Mizuno
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Jacek Niemiec
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Oleh Kobzar
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Martin Pohl
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Jose Gomez
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Ioana Dutan
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Asaf Pe’er
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Jacob Frederiksen
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Aake Nordlund
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Athina Meli
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Helene Sol
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Phil Hardee
,
Dieter Hartmann
Version 1 : Received: 13 July 2016 / Approved: 13 July 2016 / Online: 13 July 2016 (05:37:49 CEST)

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Nishikawa, K.-I.; Mizuno, Y.; Niemiec, J.; Kobzar, O.; Pohl, M.; Gómez, J.L.; Duţan, I.; Pe’er, A.; Frederiksen, J.T.; Nordlund, Å.; Meli, A.; Sol, H.; Hardee, P.E.; Hartmann, D.H. Microscopic Processes in Global Relativistic Jets Containing Helical Magnetic Fields. Galaxies 2016, 4, 38. Nishikawa, K.-I.; Mizuno, Y.; Niemiec, J.; Kobzar, O.; Pohl, M.; Gómez, J.L.; Duţan, I.; Pe’er, A.; Frederiksen, J.T.; Nordlund, Å.; Meli, A.; Sol, H.; Hardee, P.E.; Hartmann, D.H. Microscopic Processes in Global Relativistic Jets Containing Helical Magnetic Fields. Galaxies 2016, 4, 38.

Abstract

In the study of relativistic jets one of the key open questions is their interaction with the environment on the microscopic level. Here, we study the initial evolution of both electron–proton (e- - p+) and electron–positron (e±) relativistic jets containing helical magnetic fields, focusing on their interaction with an ambient plasma. We have performed simulations of "global" jets containing helical magnetic fields in order to examine how helical magnetic fields affect kinetic instabilities such as the Weibel instability, the kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (kKHI) and the Mushroom instability (MI). In our initial simulation study these kinetic instabilities are suppressed and new types of instabilities can grow. In the e- - p+ jet simulation recollimation-like instability occurs and jet electrons are strongly perturbed. In the e± jet simulation a recollimation-like instability occurs at early times followed by a kinetic instability and the general structure is similar to a simulation without helical magnetic field. Simulations using much larger systems are required in order to thoroughly follow the evolution of global jets containing helical magnetic fields.

Keywords

relativistic jets; particle-in-cell simulations; global jets; helical magnetic fields; kinetic instabilities; kink instability

Subject

Physical Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics

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