The study suggests that the dimensions offering the greatest energy density inside the chamber will yield
the longest plasma jet.
«Experimental results show that
the longest plasma jet length can be obtained by adjusting the geometric factors,» said Jiaming Xiong, from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and one of the authors.
Not exact matches
Because this cone feeds directly into the 1000 - light - year -
long, 6 - degree - wide
jet seen in older images, Junor's team concludes that something is squeezing the
plasma into a tight stream.
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very
Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have discovered
jets of
plasma blasted from the cores of distant galaxies at speeds within one - tenth of one percent of the speed of light, placing these
plasma jets among the fastest objects yet seen in the Universe.
It has been known for
long that some of these massive black holes eject spectacular
plasma jets at a near speed - of - light that can extend far beyond the confines of their host galaxy.
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of a 4,000 light - year
long jet of
plasma emanating from the bright nucleus of the giant elliptical galaxy M87.