Pulses travelling along galaxy jets (IMAGE)
Caption
Two different examples of the simulation of one side of symmetric bi-polar jets, where pressure ripples spread out across the extra-galactic medium. Shown here are pressure variations using a red-temperature colour scale (dark=low pressure, light=high pressure). Each jet enters from the left with a pressure that rapidly falls as it pushes against the ambient medium. The axes are non-dimensional distance scales.
Credit
C Richards/MD Smith/University of Kent
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Public Domain