Force-free pulsar magnetosphere: instability and generation of magnetohydrodynamic waves (research note)

DOI10.1051/0004-6361/201219035MaRDI QIDQ4906000zbMATH 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/1204.2979

zbMATH Keywords

instabilitiesmagnetohydrodynamics (MHD)pulsarsstars: magnetic fieldstars: neutron

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

Abstract: Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities can play an important role in the structure and dynamics of the pulsar magnetosphere. We consider the instabilitycaused by differential rotation that is suggested by many theoretical models. Stability is considered by means of a linear analysis within the frane of the force-free MHD. We argue that differentially rotating magnetospheres are unstable for any particular geometry of the magnetic field and rotation law. The characteristic growth time of instability is of the order of the rotation period. The instability can lead to fluctuations of the emission and enhancement of diffusion in the magnetosphere.

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