On the Origin of Narrow, Very Long, Straight Jets from Some Newly Forming Stars

Abstract

Observations have shown the existence of narrow, very long, straight jets emitted by some newly forming stars (1). It is highly likely that stars forming in the plane of a spiral galaxy do so in the presence of an almost uniform magnetic field. In the Strong Magnetic Field model (SMF), gravitational collapse of a highly conducting plasma in the presence of such a field will result in the formation of a stable, highly relativistic current loop (storage ring) around the central object. The concept was first described by Greyber (2-14). In the figures in Mestel & Strittmatter (15), one can see such a storage ring beginning to form. Such an increasing dipole magnetic field (formed temporarily for 10$^4$ to 10$^6$ years) will produce, accelerate and confine a narrow, very long, straight jet. When the density becomes too high, either the loop is destroyed, or the current-carrying plasma ring is buried inside the newly forming star and is the source of primordial stellar magnetism.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX-AAS styl