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The stability of strong waves and its implications for pulsar wind shocks
Iwona Mochol, John G. Kirk
Strong waves can mediate a shock transition between a pulsar wind and its surroundings, playing the role of an extended precursor, in which the energy is effectively transferred fr…
Radiative damping and emission signatures of strong superluminal waves in pulsar winds
Iwona Mochol, John G. Kirk
We analyse the damping by radiation reaction and by Compton drag of strong, superluminal electromagnetic waves in the context of pulsar winds. The associated radiation signature is…
High-energy emission from pulsar binaries
Iwona Mochol, John G. Kirk
Unpulsed, high-energy emission from pulsar binaries can be attributed to the interaction of a pulsar wind with that of a companion star. At the shock between the outflows, particle…
Superluminal Waves and the Structure of Pulsar Wind Termination Shocks
Iwona Mochol, John G. Kirk
The termination shock of a pulsar wind is located roughly where the ram pressure matches that of the surrounding medium. Downstream of the shock, MHD models of the diffuse nebular…
Propagation and stability of superluminal waves in pulsar winds
Iwona Mochol, John G. Kirk
Nonlinear electromagnetic waves with superluminal phase velocity can propagate in the winds around isolated pulsars, and around some pulsars in binary systems. Using a short-wavele…