4.3 Model description

Figure 17: Profiles of $n_0 B^{1+\alpha }$ inferred from the rest-frame emissivity for two streamlines of the SSL model compared with those predicted by adiabatic models ($n_0$ and $B$ are in m$^{-3}$ and T, respectively). Full lines: SSL; long dashes: parallel-field adiabatic; short dashes: perpendicular-field adiabatic. Top panel: spine (on-axis); bottom panel: inner edge of shear layer. The adiabatic models have been arbitrarily normalized to match the SSL model profiles at the inner and outer boundaries.

In this sub-section, all of the plots represent a plane containing the jet axis (not projected on the sky) and distances are given in linear units.