Amplified Electrostatic Transverse Waves in Pulsar Magnetospheres

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May 1994

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 268, NO. 1/MAY1, P. 159, 1994

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

8

Instabilities - Plasmas - Radiation Mechanisms: Non-Thermal - Pulsars: General

Scientific paper

The natural modes of a relativistic, dense pair plasma streaming along field lines consist of electrostatic transverse waves (the subluminal branch of the ordinary mode) and purely transverse waves (the extraordinary mode). in the case of a strong, uniform magnetic field, the beam-plasma instability can occur only for longitudinal waves propagating along the field lines. it is shown that, when curvature drift is included, a beam-plasma instability of the `hydrodynamic' type can occur for electrostatic transverse waves. Possible applications to pulsar radio emission are discussed. it is shown that the instability for longitudinal waves propagating along the field lines can be suppressed by curvature drift when the Lorentz factor of the beam particles is large. This upper limit on the Lorentz factor for instability to occur is derived.

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