Astrophysical Jets - Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Torino, Italy, October 7-9, 1982 (Hardcover, 1983)

Attilio Ferrari I want to recall here the basic points I raised at the beginning of the Workshop as the main targets of discussion (in the name of the Scientific Committee). I attempted to focus the attention of participants on the fact that, in many instances, we tend to discuss jets in terms of simple physics, more or less as one did at the time extragalactic radio sources were discovered: for instance, we still use equipartition arguments. However, we must realize that processes in jets, leading to their morphologies and energetics clearly depend on complex plasma phenomena. Therefore, the same standard arguments used to derive characteristic parameters should be questioned; some of the speakers were invited to attempt a critical analysis of this point, an~ in fact I believe that this "inquisitive attitude" was actually present all along the Workshop. Observers were asked to choose the parameters to be used in a statistical sample of jets. For this they were urged, first of all, to distinguish between primary and secondary features. For instance, are knots and wiggles common to all jets? Are relativistic flow velocities expected in all active nuclei? Are jets denser or lighter than the external medium? On the theoretical side I asked to discuss whether or not existing models are in accordance with the limited statistical sample that we have today. And which should be the lines of development to be pursued first, and to what extent.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 103
Release date:	July 1983
First published:	July 1983
Editors:	A. Ferrari • A. Pacholczyk
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	327
Edition:	1983
ISBN-13:	978-90-277-1627-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General
LSN:	90-277-1627-7
Barcode:	9789027716279

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