Magnetohydrodynamic waces in the pulsar magnetosphere

DOI10.1051/0004-6361/201118047MaRDI QIDQ4905971zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors V. A. Urpin

Publication date 21 February 2013

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.6302

zbMATH Keywords

magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)pulsarsstars: neutronstars: oscillationsstars: magnetic fiield

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Abstract: MHD waves can be responsible for plasma fluctuations and short-term variations of the pulsar emission. We consider the properties of plane and cylindrical waves that can exist in the force-free magnetosphere. Waves are considered by means of a linear analysis of the force-free MHD equations. We argue that these particular types of waves can exist in the magnetosphere of pulsars. These waves are closely related to the Alfven waves of the standard magnetohydrodynamics but are modified by the force-free condition and non-zero charge density. We derive the dispersion relation for magnetospheric waves and show that the wave periods are likely within the range $$ s depending on the magnetospheric parameters.

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