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Dynamically important magnetic fields near accreting supermassive black holes

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  • M. Zamaninasab

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

  • E. Clausen-Brown

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

  • T. Savolainen

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

  • A. Tchekhovskoy

    (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road
    University of California)

Abstract

A study of 76 radio-loud active galaxies shows that the magnetic field in the bipolar jet that emanates from each galaxy is tightly correlated with the luminosity of the accretion disk; the jet-launching regions of these galaxies are therefore thought to be threaded by dynamically important magnetic fields that will affect the properties of the accretion disks.

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  • M. Zamaninasab & E. Clausen-Brown & T. Savolainen & A. Tchekhovskoy, 2014. "Dynamically important magnetic fields near accreting supermassive black holes," Nature, Nature, vol. 510(7503), pages 126-128, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:510:y:2014:i:7503:d:10.1038_nature13399
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13399
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