Alfven-winged pulsar
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| author | Lyutikov, Maxim |
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| contents | Detecting possible electromagnetic precursors to the gravitational signal from merging compact objects is challenging, but it can reveal intricate physical properties of the merging stars through their gravitational and electromagnetic interactions. We demonstrate, using 3D Particle-In-Cell simulations, that a neutron star moving through the magnetosphere of a merging companion generates a complicated system of dissipative currents, a relativistic analogue of planetary Alfven wings. Generated electric currents carry a large fraction of the electromagnetic power intersected by the neutron star. These currents may lead to the generation of beamed, pulsar-like coherent radio and high-energy emission. Orbital modulation will produce a nearly periodic signal, an Alfven-winged pulsar. |
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| spellingShingle | Alfven-winged pulsar Lyutikov, Maxim High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Plasma Physics Detecting possible electromagnetic precursors to the gravitational signal from merging compact objects is challenging, but it can reveal intricate physical properties of the merging stars through their gravitational and electromagnetic interactions. We demonstrate, using 3D Particle-In-Cell simulations, that a neutron star moving through the magnetosphere of a merging companion generates a complicated system of dissipative currents, a relativistic analogue of planetary Alfven wings. Generated electric currents carry a large fraction of the electromagnetic power intersected by the neutron star. These currents may lead to the generation of beamed, pulsar-like coherent radio and high-energy emission. Orbital modulation will produce a nearly periodic signal, an Alfven-winged pulsar. |
| title | Alfven-winged pulsar |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23870 |