File:PIA19822-MagneticBlackHoleWaves-AlfvenS-waves-20150709.jpg
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English: PIA19822: Magnetic Black Hole Waves
This cartoon shows how magnetic waves, called Alfven S-waves, propagate outward from the base of black hole jets. The jet is a flow of charged particles, called a plasma, which is launched by a black hole. The jet has a helical magnetic field (yellow coil) permeating the plasma. The waves then travel along the jet, in the direction of the plasma flow, but at a velocity determined by both the jet's magnetic properties and the plasma flow speed. The BL Lac jet examined in a new study is several light-years long, and the wave speed is about 98 percent the speed of light. |
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| Source | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA19822.jpg |
| Author | NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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