Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.293..447l&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 293, p. 447
Physics
Plasma Physics
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Electron-Positron Plasmas, Relativistic Plasmas, Pulsars, Plasma Waves, Neutron Stars, Cold Plasmas, Magnetic Fields, Cerenkov Radiation, Plasma Physics, Tensors
Scientific paper
Normal modes of a one-dimensional relativistically streaming electron-positron plasma in a superstrong magnetic field are considered, taking into account possible different bulk velocities and thermal effects. This physical picture corresponds to the plasma present on the open field lines of rotating neutron stars where the observed radio emission is generated. Various cases are considered: relativistic and nonrelativistic relative streaming of cold components, and relativistically hot distributions. A distinction between superluminous and subluminous waves (which can be excited by the Cherenkov effect) is clearly stated. In the low-frequency regime, the Cherenkov and cyclotron two-stream instabilities occur. Polarization of the quasi-transverse modes changes from circular for the propagation along magnetic field lines to linear for angles of propagation larger than some critical angle that depends on the relative velocity of the plasma components.
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