Tearing instability in the pulsar magnetosphere

DOI10.1007/BF00636465zbMath0615.76062OpenAlexW2090148453MaRDI QIDQ1820960

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00636465

zbMATH Keywords

pulsar magnetospherestrong magnetic fieldtearing instabilityvector potentialsmagnetic shearformation of magnetic islandsmagnetic field line reconnectionresistive electron-positron plasma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and instability of magnetohydrodynamic and electrohydrodynamic flows (76E25) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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Cites Work

• Nonlinear destabilization of tearing modes

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