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Simulations of Superluminal Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

S.S. Komissarov  and
S.A.E.G. Falle
S.S. Komissarov
Affiliation:
1 Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
S.A.E.G. Falle
Affiliation:
1 Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

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The superluminal knots of VLBI-sources are widely believed to be shocks travelling along relativistic jets. So far only very simple quasi-one dimensional models have been used to study this phenomenon. Recent progress in numerical methods for relativistic fluid dynamics (Falle & Komissarov 1995) make it possible to carry out much more realistic simulations of such flows.

Type
Radio Source Modelling and Emission Mechanisms
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 175: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1996 , pp. 439 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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