MAGNETIC ACCELERATION OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC GRB AND AGN JETS
MAGNETIC ACCELERATION OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC GRB AND AGN JETS
We present numerical simulations of cold, axisymmetric, magnetically driven relativistic outflows. The outflows are initially sub-Alfvénic and Poynting-flux dominated, with total–to–rest-mass energy flux ratio up to μ ~ 620. To study the magnetic acceleration of jets we simulate flows confined within a funnel with a rigid wall of prescribed shape, …