A magnetically switched, rotating black hole model for the production of extragalactic radio jets and the Fanaroff and Riley class division

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 522, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 753-766

  Meier, D L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: jets; Hydrodynamics; MHD; Relativity; Stars: rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033543402     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307671     Document Type: Article

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