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Jet Dynamics in Black Hole Physics: Acceleration During Subparsec Collimation

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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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  1. Department of Physics G. Galilei, University of Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131, Padova, Italy

    Fernando de Felice

  2. INFN Sezione di Padova, Italy

    Fernando de Felice

  3. International School for Advanced Studies, SISSA, Trieste, Italy

    Olindo Zanotti

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de Felice, F., Zanotti, O. Jet Dynamics in Black Hole Physics: Acceleration During Subparsec Collimation. General Relativity and Gravitation 32, 1449–1472 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001925916715

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