Question

Matter caught in the forward and reverse shock at the heads of these features forms cocoons that surround and shape them. In models based on a paper by Donald Lynden-Bell, these features remain Poynting-flux-dominated over large distances due to “magnetic towers” that are laterally stabilized by ambient gas. SS 433 was the first known binary system to display these features, making that system the first microquasar. (10[2])The opening angle of these features (10[2])determines the shape of a namesake break in gamma ray burst afterglow light curves after which the curves dramatically steepen. The formation of these features by young stars was discovered (-5[1])by George Herbig and Guillermo Haro. (-5[1])Around (10[1])black holes, these features are sustained (-5[2])by magnetic (-5[1])fields (-5[1])generated (-5[1])in accretion disks. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name these (-5[1])highly collimated ejections (10[1])of (10[1])plasma (10[2])pointing along the axis of rotation of galactic nuclei. (10[3])■END■ (10[3]0[7])

ANSWER: astrophysical jets [accept relativistic jets; accept jet breaks]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2176%0%43%116.56

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey ChenCornell AVirginia A6510
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AIowa State A6510
Albert ZhangColumbia BIndiana A7110
John John GrogerColumbia AUC Berkeley B7110
Brad MacLaineTexas AWUSTL B101-5
Alan XieYale BPurdue A107-5
Daniel MaYale AOhio State A10810
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AImperial A114-5
Steven LiuMIT AGeorgia Tech A114-5
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn AChicago A116-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota AHouston A117-5
Aidan FeinVanderbilt ARutgers A118-5
Puna EkkaMinnesota BGeorgia Tech B121-5
Jason HongBrown ANorthwestern A12110
Halle FriedmanNYU ACornell B126-5
Robert CondronChicago CDuke A12910
Tracy MirkinFlorida AToronto A13010
John MarvinChicago BJohns Hopkins A13110
Justin DuffyHarvard AMaryland A13110
Alex LiGeorgia Tech AMIT A14010
Adam FineChicago APenn A14010
Matt SchiavonePurdue AYale B14010
Charles HangWUSTL ASouth Carolina A14110
Todd MaslykMichigan AIllinois A1410
Joelle SmartRutgers AVanderbilt A14110
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BMinnesota B1410
Dan NiCornell BNYU A14110
Michael MaysImperial AUC Berkeley A1410
June YinWUSTL BTexas A1410
John BroussardHouston AMinnesota A1410
Yash MandaviaIllinois AMichigan A1410
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AWUSTL A1410