R-JET: A postprocessing code for radiative transport in relativistic jets
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| author | Hirotani, Kouichi Shang, Hsien Krasnopolsky, Ruben Nishikawa, Kenichi |
| author_facet | Hirotani, Kouichi Shang, Hsien Krasnopolsky, Ruben Nishikawa, Kenichi |
| contents | We describe a post-processing radiative transport code for computing the spectra, the coreshift, and the surface-brightness distribution of special relativistic jets with arbitrary optical thickness. The jet consists of an electron-positron pair plasma and an electron-proton normal plasma. Electrons and positrons are relativistic and composed of thermal and nonthermal components, while protons are non-relativistic and non-radiating. The fraction of a pair plasma, as well as the fraction of a nonthermal component can be arbitrarily chosen. Only the synchrotron process is considered for emission and absorption when the radiative-transfer equation is integrated along our lines of sight. We describe a suite of test problems, and confirm the frequency dependence of the coreshift in the Konigl jet model, when the plasma is composed of nonthermal component alone. Finally, we illustrate the capabilities of the code with model calculations, demonstrating that the jet will exhibit a limb-brightened structure in general when it is energized by the rotational energy of the black hole. It is also demonstrated that such limb-brightened jets show a ring-like structure in the brightness map when we observe the jet launching region nearly face-on. |
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| spellingShingle | R-JET: A postprocessing code for radiative transport in relativistic jets Hirotani, Kouichi Shang, Hsien Krasnopolsky, Ruben Nishikawa, Kenichi High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Plasma Physics We describe a post-processing radiative transport code for computing the spectra, the coreshift, and the surface-brightness distribution of special relativistic jets with arbitrary optical thickness. The jet consists of an electron-positron pair plasma and an electron-proton normal plasma. Electrons and positrons are relativistic and composed of thermal and nonthermal components, while protons are non-relativistic and non-radiating. The fraction of a pair plasma, as well as the fraction of a nonthermal component can be arbitrarily chosen. Only the synchrotron process is considered for emission and absorption when the radiative-transfer equation is integrated along our lines of sight. We describe a suite of test problems, and confirm the frequency dependence of the coreshift in the Konigl jet model, when the plasma is composed of nonthermal component alone. Finally, we illustrate the capabilities of the code with model calculations, demonstrating that the jet will exhibit a limb-brightened structure in general when it is energized by the rotational energy of the black hole. It is also demonstrated that such limb-brightened jets show a ring-like structure in the brightness map when we observe the jet launching region nearly face-on. |
| title | R-JET: A postprocessing code for radiative transport in relativistic jets |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09992 |