On the structure of wisps in the Crab Nebula

Details On the structure of wisps in the Crab Nebula On the structure of wisps in the Crab Nebula

Dec 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978a%26a....70..815b&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 70, no. 6, Dec. 1978, p. 815-820.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Astronomical Models, Cosmic Plasma, Crab Nebula, Pulsars, Stellar Winds, Compton Effect, Light Emission, Magnetohydrodynamic Stability, Plasma Resonance, Plasma Waves, Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Relativistic Particles, Synchrotron Radiation

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It is proposed that the Crab wisps display features which can be explained by nonlinear plasma effects. The first wisp appears at a distance of about one trillion km from the pulsar because a parametric plasma instability first occurs there. High-energy electrons synchrotron radiate in the resulting plasma wave fields. The wisp width is given by the time required for nonlinear effects to damp the instability. Other wisps appear farther away, where the condition for parametric instability again occurs.

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