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Observations of ‘wisps’ in magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Crab Nebula

In this paper, we describe results of new high-resolution axisymmetric relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of pulsar wind nebulae. The simulations reveal strong breakdown of the equatorial symmetry and highly variable structure of the pulsar wind-termination shock. The synthetic synch...

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Published in:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2009-12, Vol.400 (3), p.1241-1246
Main Authors:	Camus, N. F., Komissarov, S. S., Bucciantini, N., Hughes, P. A.
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