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Pulsar magnetospheres in binary systemsThe criterion for stability of a tangential discontinuity interface in a magnetized, perfectly conducting inviscid plasma is investigated by deriving the dispersion equation including the effects of both gravitational and centrifugal acceleration. The results are applied to neutron star magnetospheres in X-ray binaries. The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability appears to be important in determining whether MHD waves of large amplitude generated by instability may intermix the plasma effectively, resulting in accretion onto the whole star as suggested by Arons and Lea and leading to no X-ray pulsar behavior.
Document ID
19850054852
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Ershkovich, A. I.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, Greenbelt, MD; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Dolan, J. F.
(Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 1
Volume: 293
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
85A37003
Distribution Limits
Public
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