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Relativistically expanding cylindrical electromagnetic fields

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

We study relativistically expanding electromagnetic fields of cylindrical geometry. The fields emerge from the side surface of a cylinder and are invariant under translations parallel to the axis of the cylinder. The expansion velocity is in the radial direction and is parametrized by v=R/(ct)v=R/(ct). We consider force-free magnetic fields by setting the total force the electromagnetic field exerts on the charges and the currents equal to zero. Analytical and semi-analytical separable solutions are found for the relativistic problem. In the non-relativistic limit the mathematical form of the equations is similar to equations that have already been studied in static systems of the same geometry.

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@article{arxiv.0904.2125,
  title  = {Relativistically expanding cylindrical electromagnetic fields},
  author = {K. N. Gourgouliatos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2125},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages, 4 figures, accepted by MNRAS

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