On the collimation properties of jets with finite Poynting flux launched from Keplerian accretion discs

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract It is generally accepted that the launching of astrophysical jets requires a large-scale magnetic field threading a central object (black hole or star) and/or its surrounding accretion disc. However, the collimation mechanism far away from the central object has not yet been fully understood. In a previous work we investigated a mechanism in which the jet is self-collimated due to a dominant hoop stress. We ran numerical simulations in which a Jet-Emitting Disc (JED) spanned the entire lower computational boundary. Those were the first of their kind to showcase the steady recollimation shocks predicted by steady-state analytical studies of jets. However, as the jet filled the entire simulation domain, the influence of the outer medium could not be examined. Here, we perform a set of axisymmetric ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) non-relativistic jet simulations where only the innermost region of the accretion disc is a jet-launching zone. The jets of finite radial extent in those simulations also produce steady recollimation shocks at large distances from the central object. Standing recollimation shocks are not a bias of self-similarity, but a generic feature of jets emitted from magnetized Keplerian accretion discs. They may produce observable features, such as standing emission knots, a decrease of the rotation rate or a change in polarisation. We also recover previous results on the influence of external pressure on jet confinement, such as the relation between pressure profile and jet shape, as well as jet acceleration efficiency.
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Authors Thomas Jannaud, Jonathan Ferreira, C. Zanni
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Journal monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Year 2026
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10.1093/mnras/stag1623
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https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1623
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