Tearing instability in relativistic magnetically dominated plasmas

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-426

  Komissarov, S S ^a   Barkov, M ^a,b   Lyutikov, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Methods: analytical; Methods: numerical; MHD; Relativity; X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; STARS;

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; HIGH-ENERGY EMISSIONS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MASS-ENERGY DENSITY; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; RELATIVISTIC MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; RELATIVISTICS; TEARING INSTABILITY; X-RAYS: BURSTS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846131548     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11152.x     Document Type: Article

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