AbstractI present observational and theoretical evidence that most of the pulsar spin-down energy is transferred away as a striped pulsar wind and that this energy is released by annihilation of the alternating magnetic field at the pulsar wind termination shock. One-dimensional particle-in-cells (PIC) simulations show that the alternating fields do annihilate at the termination shock in a striped wind. The particle acceleration should be studied in multidimensional simulations. As a first step, I simulated driven annihilation of alternating fields undergoing compression by an external force. It is shown that that in the course of this process, a particle distribution function is formed, which resembles that observed in plerions.


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    Title :

    The termination shock in a striped pulsar wind


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 35 , 6 ; 1112-1115


    Publication date :

    2005-01-12


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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