BEAMS AND JETS IN ASTROPHYSICS

Edited by Philip A. Hughes

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CENTRAL ENGINE MODELS

Why Supermassive Black Holes?

Hydrodynamic Beam Production

Magnetohydrodynamical Models

OBSERVATIONS OF JETS ON EXTREMELY SMALL SCALES

Better Evidence for Black Holes

Direct Evidence Concerning Extremely Small Objects

Interactions Between Jets and the Ambient Nuclear Medium

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

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