Cosmic Jet Simulations

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Channel: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · 2018 · Science & Technology

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These movies show how distortions of the helical magnetic field of a cosmic jet (center) generate a strong electric field in the jet direction (left). The electric field boosts the energy of charged particles, effectively creating a dense electric current along the jet (right).
(DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.245101)

Read more: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2018-12-13-tangled-magnetic-fields-power-cosmic-particle-accelerators.aspx

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