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Plasma Theory of Two Synchrotron Knots’ formation Discovered in the Crab Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

David Shapakidze  and
George Machabeli
David Shapakidze
Affiliation:
Georgian Academy of Sciences, Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Al. Kazbegi ave. 2a, 380060, Tbilisi, Georgia
George Machabeli
Affiliation:
Georgian Academy of Sciences, Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Al. Kazbegi ave. 2a, 380060, Tbilisi, Georgia

Abstract

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The plasma mechanism of synchrotron knots’ formation discovered in the Crab Nebula at the distances 0″.65 (1016 cm) and 3″.8 (6 × 1016 cm) from the Crab pulsar is presented. The mechanism is based on exitation of cyclotron and Cherenkov-drift instabilities in the relativist s electron-positron plasma of the nebula. The higher luminosity of the knots is supposed due to the orientation of the direction of motion of the synchrotron radiation sources (Larmor circles) relative to the observer.

Type
Part 7. The Surrounding of Pulsars
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 505 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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