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We consider the motion of high-energy charged particles (cosmic rays) in Parker’s spiral magnetic field. We show that under radial particle ejection from a sphere outside which there is Parker’s magnetic field, all of the particles escaping from the sphere are focused either along the field symmetry axis or in the equatorial plane, depending on the field polarity. Based on the results obtained, we propose a possible model that explains the origin of relativistic jets.
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Original Russian Text © G.N. Kichigin, 2014, published in Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2014, Vol. 146, No. 4, pp. 747–753.
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Kichigin, G.N. Parker’s magnetic field and relativistic jets. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 119, 657–662 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776114090039
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