2 papers
astro-ph2003
The "sigma" problem of the Crab pulsar wind
J. G. Kirk, O. Skjaeraasen
The conversion of the Crab pulsar wind from one dominated by Poynting flux close to the star to one dominated by particle-born energy at the termination shock is considered. The id…
astro-ph2002
A wind model for high energy pulses
J. G. Kirk, O. Skjaeraasen, Y. A. Gallant
A solution to the sigma problem - that of finding a mechanism capable of converting Poynting energy flux to particle-borne energy flux in a pulsar wind - was proposed several years…