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脉冲星风中超光速波的传播和稳定性

Propagation and stability of superluminal waves in pulsar winds

Iwona Mochol, John G. Kirk

摘要:

具有超光速相速度的非线性电磁波可以在孤立双星周围的风中传播,也可以在双星系统中的某些双星周围传播。使用短波长近似,我们发现并分析了一个可积系统的方程,管理他们在球面几何的演变。一个约束模式被确定为在大半径处停滞到有限压力,并可以形成终止激波的前兆。使用一个简化的标准,我们发现这种模式是稳定的大多数孤立的恒星,但可能是不稳定的,如果外部压力高,如在脉冲星风星云的星暴星系和W 44。偏心双星系统中的脉冲星风,如PSR 1259-63,可能会经历稳定和不稳定的电磁前兆阶段,以及密度太高而无法传播的阶段。

英文摘要:

Nonlinear electromagnetic waves with superluminal phase velocity can propagate in the winds around isolated pulsars, and around some pulsars in binary systems. Using a short-wavelength approximation, we find and analyze an integrable system of equations that govern their evolution in spherical geometry. A confined mode is identified that stagnates to finite pressure at large radius and can form a precursor to the termination shock. Using a simplified criterion, we find this mode is stable for most isolated pulsars, but may be unstable if the external pressure is high, such as in the pulsar wind nebulae in starburst galaxies and in W44. Pulsar winds in eccentric binary systems, such as PSR 1259-63, may go through phases with stable and unstable electromagnetic precursors, as well as phases in which the density is too high for these modes to propagate.

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