How are jets thought to be produced by active galaxies?

What will be an ideal response?


Magnetic fields in the accretion disk are twisted by its rotation. Charged particles can then travel outward along the magnetic field lines to form the jets.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A golf club exerts an average horizontal force of 1000 N on a 0.045-kg golf ball that is initially at rest on the tee. The club is in contact with the ball for 1.8 ms. What is the speed of the golf ball just as it leaves the tee?

A) 50 m/s B) 30 m/s C) 35 m/s D) 40 m/s E) 45 m/s

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Remanent magnetism refers to the magnetism of rocks that contain the mineral named ______________

a. magnetite b. lodestone c. pyrite d. none of these

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The time before the Phanerozoic eon is collectively called ______________ time

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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