Open AccessBehaviour of torsional Alfvén waves and field line resonance on rotating magnetars
Author(s) -
Okita Taishi,
Kojima Yasufumi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09618.x
Subject(s) - physics , resonance (particle physics) , wavenumber , field line , wave propagation , excited state , computational physics , alfvén wave , plasma , coupling (piping) , longitudinal wave , mechanics , classical mechanics , astrophysics , magnetohydrodynamics , atomic physics , optics , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Torsional Alfvén waves are likely excited with bursts in rotating magnetars. These waves are probably propagated through corotating atmospheres toward a vacuum exterior. We have studied the physical effects of the azimuthal wavenumber and the characteristic height of the plasma medium on wave transmission. In this work, explicit calculations were carried out based on the three‐layered cylindrical model. We found that the coupling strength between the internal shear and the external Alfvén modes is drastically enhanced, when resonance occurs in the corotating plasma cavity. The spatial structure of the electromagnetic fields in the resonance cavity is also investigated when Alfvén waves exhibit resonance.