Ideal magnetohydrodynamic solution to the σ Problem in crab-like pulsar winds and general asymptotic analysis of magnetized outflows

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 600, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 324-337

  Vlahakis, Nektarios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ISM: Jets and outflows; Methods: analytical; MHD; Pulsars: individual (Crab Pulsar); Relativity; Stars: winds, outflows

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642411023     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379701     Document Type: Article

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