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Friday, 8th December 2000, 1pm
| Title : | Astrophysical jets - the exhausts of the most efficient engine in the universe |
| Speaker : | Dr. Christian Kaiser, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Southampton |
| Keywords : | Astronomical Fluid Jets, Active Galaxies, Numerical Simulation of Astrophysical Jet Engines |
Abstract : |
Fluid jets are found in a wide variety of astronomical objects. The range extends from new-born stars via degenerate stars (neutron stars, stellar mass black holes) to quasars and other active galaxies. I will briefly review this range from an observational view point. I then concentrate on active galaxies with emphasis on what we can learn about the central engine driving the jets from a combination of observation, analytical study and numerical simulations. Finally, I briefly summarise the on-going work on jets in the Astronomy Department. |
About the speaker : |
Christian Kaiser is a new lecturer in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Particular areas of interest include radiative processes in hot astrophysical plasmas, physics of shocks in jet flows, individual and cosmological evolution of radio galaxies, the influence of large-scale jets on the evolution of galaxy clusters. |
Further Information : |
Christian Kaiser http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~crk |
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