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Acceleration of the M87 Jet
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Acceleration of the M87 Jet
The bulk Lorentz factor (\Gamma) times the intrinsic speeds in units of the speed of light (\beta) of the M87 jet. The jet gradually accelerates to relativistic speeds in the region where the jet is being collimated.