Extreme Jets Take New Shape (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Extreme Jets Take New Shape

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Recent observations of blazar jets require researchers to look deeper into whether current theories about jet formation and motion require refinement. This simulation, courtesy of Jonathan McKinney (KIPAC), shows a black hole pulling in nearby matter (yellow) and spraying energy back out into the universe in a jet (blue and red) that is held together by magnetic field lines (green).

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Simulation courtesy of Jonathan McKinney (KIPAC, SLAC/Stanford).

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