Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-09-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
Very high energy gamma-ray flares from the Crab nebular detected by AGILE and Fermi satellites challenge our understanding of the pulsar wind nebulae. The short duration of the flares, only few days, is particularly puzzling since it is much shorter than the dynamical times scale of the nebular. In this work we investigate analytically and via numerical simulations the electromagnetic signatures expected from the large amplitude low frequency magnetosonic waves generated within the Crab nebular which induce the corrugation perturbations of the termination shock. As a result, the oblique termination shock produces time-dependent, mildly relativistic post-shock flow. Using the relativistic MHD version of the RIEMANN code, we simulate the interaction of the termination shock with downstream perturbations. We demonstrate that mild Doppler boosting of the synchrotron emission in the post-shock flow can produce bright, short time scale flares.
Balsara Dinshaw
Lyutikov Maxim
Matthews Chris
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