The magnetic fields carried by jets coming from active galactic nuclei are generated by

A) the combined magnetic fields of the many stars near the galaxy's center.
B) the central black hole.
C) the movement of the interstellar matter of the galaxy.
D) the movement of the stars in the galaxy.
E) charged matter in the accretion disk of the central black hole.


E

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