Relativistic Jet

Highlights

• ›Plasma beamed at near light speed from an accreting black hole

Classes, physics & objects

• Black Hole
• Accretion Disk
• Active Galactic Nucleus
• Blazar
• The Blandford–Znajek Mechanism

Across compact objects

• The Blandford–Znajek Mechanism
• Cygnus X-1 (black hole)
• V404 Cygni

Knowledge connections

• Associated withBlack Hole
• Associated withAccretion Disk
• Associated withActive Galactic Nucleus
• Associated withBlazar
• Associated withThe Blandford–Znajek Mechanism
• Associated withThe Blandford–Znajek Mechanism
• Associated withCygnus X-1 (black hole)
• Associated withV404 Cygni

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.