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Table 3.

Properties of the recollimation shocks.

Model Δps Δpm, s ΔΓs
Hot, low Mach-number models in equipartition

𝒩ϕ453.5β1 2.1 × 10−3 17 ± 7 7.0 × 10−4 23 ± 11 3.9 1.7 ± 0.3
𝒩ϕ77.53.5β1 ∼1.3 × 10−2 < 17 ∼1.5 × 10−3 < 21 ∼3.8 < 1.8
ϕ77.53.5β1 ∼2.9 × 10−3 < 7 ∼1.2 × 10−2 < 10 ∼3.4 < 1.3

Cold, high Mach-number models in equipartition

𝒩ϕ4510β1 1.1 × 10−4 11 ± 3 5.7 × 10−5 31 ± 12 3.3 1.1 ± 0.1
𝒩ϕ77.510β1 ∼6.6 × 10−4 < 8 ∼8.2 × 10−5 < 17 ∼3.3 < 1.2
ϕ77.510β1 ∼1.5 × 10−4 < 5 ∼7.0 × 10−4 < 10 ∼3.2 < 1.1

Magnetically dominated jets with high magnetizations

𝒩ϕ453.5β17.5 6.1 × 10−4 10 ± 2 8.2 × 10−4 18 ± 6 3.4 1.3 ± 0.2
𝒩ϕ77.53.5β2.34 ∼1.1 × 10−2 < 9 ∼1.5 × 10−3 < 12 ∼3.3 < 1.5
ϕ77.53.5β100 ∼4.3 × 10−5 < 4 ∼1.1 × 10−2 < 4 ∼3.2 < 1.1

Kinetically dominated jets with high magnetizations

𝒩ϕ4510β17.5 6.9 × 10−5 6 ± 2 1.0 × 10−4 14 ± 4 3.2 1.1 ± 0.1
𝒩ϕ77.510β2.34 ∼9.1 × 10−4 < 6 ∼1.4 × 10−4 < 10 ∼3.2 < 1.2
ϕ77.510β100 ∼7.5 × 10−6 < 6 ∼3.0 × 10−3 < 5 ∼3.2 < 1.1

Notes. Tabulated data denote jet model, averages () and jumps (Δx) of gas pressure, magnetic pressure, and Lorentz factor across shocks (see text for definitions).

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