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In this paper, we present a detailed hydrodynamical study of the properties of the flow produced by the collision of a pulsar wind with the surrounding in a binary system. This work is the first attempt to simulate interaction of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. V. Bogovalov , D. Khangulyan , A. V. Koldoba , G. V. Ustyugova , F. Aharonian

We investigate a class of pulsar wind nebulae that show synchrotron emission from a thick toroidal structure. The best studied such object is the small radio and X-ray nebula around the Vela pulsar, which can be interpreted as the result of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Roger A. Chevalier , Stephen P. Reynolds

Magnetic fields of order $10^1-10^2$ gauss that are present in the envelopes of red giant stars are ejected in common envelope scenarios. These fields could be responsible for the launching of magnetically driven winds in proto-planetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Guillermo García-Segura , Ronald E. Taam , Paul M. Ricker

There is considerable observational evidence of implosion of magnetic loop systems inside solar coronal active regions following high energy events like solar flares. In this work, we propose that such collapse can be modeled in three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 Aveek Sarkar , Bhargav Vaidya , Soumitra Hazra , Jishnu Bhattacharyya

We model the inner knot of the Crab Nebula as a synchrotron emission coming from the non-spherical MHD termination shock of relativistic pulsar wind. The post-shock flow is mildly relativistic; as a result the Doppler-beaming has a strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-23 Maxim Lyutikov , Serguei Komissarov , Oliver Porth

We present a numerical study of the properties of the flow produced by the collision of a magnetized anisotropic pulsar wind with the circumbinary environment. We focus on studying the impact of the high wind magnetization on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-19 Sergey V. Bogovalov , Dmitry Khangulyan , Alexander V. Koldoba , Galina V. Ustyugova , Felix Aharonian

Recent studies have focused on the the role of initially weak toroidal magnetic fields embedded in a stellar wind as the agent for collimation in planetary nebulae. In these models the wind is assumed to be permeated by a helical magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. A. Gardiner , A. Frank

Based on the expected population of core collapse supernova remnants and the huge number of detected pulsars in the Galaxy, still representing only a fraction of the real population, pulsar wind nebulae are likely to constitute one of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-06 Barbara Olmi

Several gamma-ray binaries show extended X-ray emission that may be associated to interactions of an outflow with the medium. Some of these systems are, or may be, high-mass binaries harboring young nonaccreting pulsars, in which the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 V. Bosch-Ramon , M. V. Barkov

Observations in polarized emission reveal the existence of large-scale coherent magnetic fields in a wide range of spiral galaxies. Radio-polarization data show that these fields are strongly inclined towards the radial direction, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Oliver Gressel , Udo Ziegler , Detlef Elstner , Günther Rüdiger

Turbulence is a chaotic flow regime filled by irregular flows. The dissipation of turbulence is a fundamental problem in the realm of physics. Theoretically, dissipation cannot be ultimately achieved without collisions, and so how turbulent…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-01-01 Y. Wang , F. S. Wei , X. S. Feng , X. J. Xu , J. Zhang , T. R. Sun , P. B. Zuo

We present a complete set of diagnostic tools aimed at reproducing synthetic non-thermal (synchrotron and/or Inverse Compton, IC) emissivity, integrated flux energy, polarization and spectral index simulated maps in comparison to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Delia Volpi , Luca Del Zanna , Elena Amato , Niccolo Bucciantini

Jets and pulsar-fed supernova remnants (plerions) tend to develop highly organized toroidal magnetic field. Such a field structure could explain the polarization properties of some jets, and contribute to their lateral confinement. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Mitchell C. Begelman

According to the standard thin disc theory, it is predicted that the radiation-pressure-dominated inner region of a thin disc is thermally unstable, while observations suggest that it is common for a thin disc of more than 0.01 Eddington…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-25 Yu Zhao , Xiao-Hong Yang , Li Xue , Shuang-Liang Li

The study of short-duration gamma-ray bursts provides growing evidence that a good fraction of double neutron star mergers lead to the formation of stable millisecond magnetars. The launch of Poynting flux by the millisecond magnetars could…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 L. D. Liu , L. J. Wang , Z. G. Dai

Winds are ubiquitous in galaxies and often feature bubble structures. These wind bubbles are characterized by an external forward shock expanding in the surrounding medium and a wind termination shock separating the cool and fast wind from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-13 Enrico Peretti

Kink instabilities are likely to occur in the current-carrying magnetized plasma jets. Recent observations of the blazar radiation and polarization signatures suggest that the blazar emission region may be considerably magnetized. While the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-01 Haocheng Zhang , Hui Li , Fan Guo , Greg Taylor

In this paper we explore the evolution of a PWN while the pulsar is spinning down. An MHD approach is used to simulate the evolution of a composite remnant. Particular attention is given to the adiabatic loss rate and evolution of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-16 O. C. de Jager , S. E. S. Ferreira , A. Djannati-Ataï , M. Dalton , C. Deil , K. Kosack , M. Renaud , U. Schwanke , O. Tibolla

Detailed modeling of the high-energy emission from gamma-ray binaries has been propounded as a path to pulsar wind physics. Fulfilling this ambition requires a coherent model of the flow and its emission in the region where the pulsar wind…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-02 Guillaume Dubus , Astrid Lamberts , Sébastien Fromang

X-ray polarization observations of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) provide crucial insights into magnetic field structures and particle acceleration mechanisms. While the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has made significant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Kuan Liu , Fei Xie , Ming-Yu Ge , Wei Deng , En-Wei Liang