GRMHD Simulations and Modeling for Jet Formation and Acceleration Region in AGNs

Abstract

Relativistic jets are collimated plasma outflows with relativistic speeds. Astrophysical objects involving relativistic jets are a system comprising a compact object such as a black hole, surrounded by rotating accretion flows, with the relativistic jets produced near the central compact object. The most accepted models explaining the origin of relativistic jets involve magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes. Over the past few decades, many general relativistic MHD (GRMHD) codes have been developed and applied to model relativistic jet formation in various conditions. This short review provides an overview of the recent progress of GRMHD simulations in generating relativistic jets and their modeling for observations.

Keywords

• accretion
• accretion disk
• black hole
• relativistic jets
• magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
• radiative transfer