Instabilities in astrophysical jets |
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| Authors: | M Birkinshaw |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TL Bristol, UK;(2) Present address: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, 02138 Cambridge, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The observed properties of astrophysical jets are reviewed, and the techniques used to estimate the parameters of the underlying beams are described. This information is then used in a theoretical treatement of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability of the flows, and the relevance of this instability to the persistence of the observed structures is emphasised. |
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| Keywords: | Jets Beams Magnetohydrodynamics Radio galaxies |
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