Plasma flow in the magnetosphere of an axisymmetric rotator
Abstract
To obtain the solution of the problem of a stationary plasma ejection by a magnetized rotating star the 3D non-stationary axially symmetric problem is solved numerically. The solution for a cold non-relativistic plasma ejected by a star having a monopole-like magnetic field is obtained. A search for discontinuities in the solution is performed. It is shown that in the non-relativistic case almost 50 per cent of the Poynting flux can be transformed into the kinetic energy of the plasma. The problem of the stability of the flow is discussed.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 1996
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/280.1.39
- Bibcode:
- 1996MNRAS.280...39B
- Keywords:
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- MHD;
- SOLAR WIND;
- STARS: MAGNETIC FIELDS;
- STARS: MASS-LOSS;
- PULSARS: GENERAL;
- STARS: ROTATION