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I'm a dedicated listener to the podcast. I did the search of the archives to see if a question I have has been answered in the past...and I debated asking it since it probably is one of those, "Gee, can you believe someone with a forebrain is actually asking such a stupid question"-question.

But...I gotta ask...

How do jets of material shoot up from the poles of black holes. Why at the poles? Why 90 degrees to the accretion disc?
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How do jets of material shoot up from the poles of black holes. Why at the poles? Why 90 degrees to the accretion disc?
Wikipedia: Relativistic jet

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It is believed that the twisting of magnetic fields in the accretion disk collimates the outflow along the rotation axis of the central object, so that when conditions are suitable, a jet will emerge from each face of the accretion disk. [...] Popular mechanisms for the creation of jets and the composition of jets are still a matter of much debate in the scientific community.
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While it is still mostly a mystery to physicists how polar jets are formed and powered, the two most often proposed origins of this power are the central object (such as a black hole), and the accretion disk.
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Hi Adgeless and welcome. Your question is soooo un-stupid, the links provided by The Binary Wonder above should give you a start on a career in Very Hard Maths if you choose. I hope you post here when you have some answers
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Hi,
I'm a dedicated listener to the podcast. I did the search of the archives to see if a question I have has been answered in the past...and I debated asking it since it probably is one of those, "Gee, can you believe someone with a forebrain is actually asking such a stupid question"-question.

But...I gotta ask...

How do jets of material shoot up from the poles of black holes. Why at the poles? Why 90 degrees to the accretion disc?
Interestingly enough, I have been watching a saved webcast of a UC Berkeley astronomy class taught by Alex Filippenko. Unfortunately, it's a Real video format, but you can download the free Real video player.

Anyway, the 11/1 and 11/3 lectures covered the issue of radiating jets from black holes and neutron stars.

There's a cool animation near the middle of this one:

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/stream.p...ebcastid=15843

And he also talks about it here, around at 5 minutes:

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/stream.p...ebcastid=15844

The entire semester's lecture is here:

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_d...sid=1906978334

Rob
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Unfortunately, it's a Real video format, but you can download the free Real video player.
(or try the free Videolan VLC media player if you don't like Realplayer)
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