Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-04-16
Astron.Astrophys. 422 (2004) 609-619
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 7 figures, Accepted for publication on A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20034400
We present high resolution spherically symmetric relativistic magnetohydrodynamical simulations of the evolution of a pulsar wind nebula inside the free expanding ejecta of the supernova progenitor. The evolution is followed starting from a few years after the supernova explosion and up to an age of the remnant of 1500 years. We consider different values of the pulsar wind magnetization parameter and also different braking indices for the spin-down process. We compare the numerical results with those derived through an approximate semi-analytical approach that allows us to trace the time evolution of the positions of both the pulsar wind termination shock and the contact discontinuity between the nebula and the supernova ejecta. We also discuss, whenever a comparison is possible, to what extent our numerical results agree with former self-similar models, and how these models could be adapted to take into account the temporal evolution of the system. The inferred magnetization of the pulsar wind could be an order of magnitude lower than that derived from time independent analytic models.
Amato Elena
Bandiera Rino
Blondin John M.
Bucciantini Niccolo
Del Zanna Luca
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