Pulsar bow-shock nebulae. II. Hydrodynamical simulation

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2002-03-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0203504v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, Latex, 6 Encapsulated PostScript figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20020495

We present hydrodynamical simulations, using a 2-D two component model (ambient medium and pul sar wind have different specific heat ratios), of bow shocks in a representative regime for pu lsar wind driven bow-shock nebulae. We also investigate the behaviour of a passive toroidal ma gnetic field wound around the pulsar velocity direction. Moreover we estimate the opacity of t he bow-shock to penetration of ISM neutral hydrogen: this quantity affects observable properti es of the nebula, like its size, shape, velocity and surface brightness distribution. Finally we compare these numerical results with those from an analytical model. The development of mor e realistic models is needed in order to tune the criteria for searches of new such objects, a s well as to interpret data on the known objects.

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