Simulation of the jet from black hole M87* (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Simulation of the jet from black hole M87*

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Along the magnetic field lines, the particles are accelerated so efficiently that they form a jet out to scales of 6000 light years in the case of M87.

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Alejandro Cruz-Osorio, Goethe University Frankfurt

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