Fast magnetosonic waves in pulsar winds
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Fast magnetosonic waves in a magnetically-dominated plasma are investigated. In the pulsar wind, these waves may transport a significant fraction of the energy flux. It is shown that the nonlinear steepening and subsequent formation of multiple shocks is a viable mechanism for the wave dissipation in the pulsar wind. The wave dissipation both in the free pulsar wind and beyond the wind termination shock is considered.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0211046,
title = {Fast magnetosonic waves in pulsar winds},
author = {Y. E. Lyubarsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0211046},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 1 eps figure, to appear in MNRAS