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Ronadeep Dastidar
PhD candidate in Theoretical Astrophysics at Purdue University specializing in relativistic jets and gamma-ray burst afterglows
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Jul 1, 2026
Dr. Ranadeep Dastidar -- Astrophysics at the Speed of Light
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39:40Ronadeep DastidarGUEST
No, that's, that's a bit of a, yeah, that's a more pictorial description.
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39:43Ronadeep DastidarGUEST
These materials or debris start going around these compact objects, a neutron star or black hole.
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39:49Ronadeep DastidarGUEST
Then they take these materials in, and due to their elec- magnetic fields and their motion, rotating motion, they get launched from both the ends, the top and the bottom, in a very narrow region, and that's what gives rise to the jets.
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40:01Ronadeep DastidarGUEST
Now, the processes that convert these accreting material into narrow jets is called the Blandford–Znajek, and there are a few, a couple more theories out there how that happens.
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