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astro-ph2005
QPOs and firehose instabilities in neutron star magnetospheres in accreting systems
Vahid Rezania, John C. Samson
We show that the interaction of an accretion disk with the magnetosphere of a neutron star can excite resonant shear Alfven waves with Hz-kHz frequencies in a region of enhanced de…
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Quasi-periodic oscillations: Resonant shear Alfv`en waves in neutron star magnetospheres
Vahid Rezania, John C. Samson
In this paper we propose a new model for quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) based on oscillating magnetohydrodynamic modes in neutron star magnetospheres. We argue that the interac…