Magnetic reconnection at the termination shock in a striped pulsar wind

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 683-700

  Petri J ^a   Lyubarsky, Y ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Magnetohydrodynamics MHD; Methods: numerical; Shock waves; Stars: pulsars: general methods: analytical

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHOCK WAVES; STARS; WIND EFFECTS;

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENERGY; STARS: PULSARS: GENERAL METHODS: ANALYTICAL;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 35348960508     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20066981     Document Type: Article

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