Asymptotic properties of disk dynamo

The asymptotic properties of a turbulent disk dynamo at large dimensionless numbersR andR characterizing the helicity and the differential rotation are analysed. Three types of generations in the dependence of the relations betweenR andR are found: ²-dynamo and two types of -dynamo. For each of these types the rates of growth are obtained and the forms of solution are pointed out. Boundaries of the disk dynamo approximation are given.     

Stability of the triangular libration points of the circular restricted problem in the presence of resonances

The stability of triangular libration points, when the bigger primary is a source of radiation and the smaller primary is an oblate spheroid. has been investigated in the resonance cases ₁ = 2₂ and ₁ = 3₂. The motion is unstable for all the values of parameters q and A when ₁ = 2₂ and the motion is unstable and stable depending upon the values of the parameters q and A when ₁ = 3₂. Here q is the radiation parameter and A is the oblateness parameter.     

Interpretation of distinct type IVmA- and IVμ-bursts on the basis of micro-instabilities and of resonant nonlinear interaction of waves

The generation of space charge waves by micro instabilities of the Harris type and their conversion into electromagnetic waves is discussed in the framework of the dispersion curves of the extraordinary wave mode in the warm plasma. Acceleration of electrons as also nonlinear interactions of waves are taken into account. A survey of the parameter regions of the Harris instabilities is given. Distinct values _p / _c and _p / _c result, enabling the instability as well as the conversion. The moving type IVmA bursts, and on the other side the impulsive cm-bursts and the first phase of type IV bursts are correlated to different values _p / _c and corresponding heights in the corona. The space charge waves can produce hydromagnetic waves by parametric excitation, too (type II bursts). The proposed mechanism is discussed with respect to the energy balance and to the magnetic configurations derived from observations with the Culgoora radioheliograph.     

On the origin of type III fundamental

A two-component scheme for the generation of type III fundamental radiation is proposed. The first component of the fundamental arises at a plasma level _{L t} because of the Rayleigh scattering of the plasma waves into electromagnetic radiation. The other component arises at _{L t} /2 because of the decay of the first component into plasma waves and the subsequent rescattering of the plasma waves into electromagnetic radiation _t 2( _t /2). By its properties (location, directivity, polarization) the second component is essentially the same as the second harmonic radiation produced by a stream of fast electrons at _L ( _t /2). This scheme is used to solve the main problems (localization and directivity of the source, polarization of type III fundamental) of the harmonic theory of type III solar bursts.     

Cyclotron waves in the solar wind

Cyclotron waves in the solar wind near 1 AU with frequencies well below the electron cyclotron frequency and wavelengths much larger than the electron cyclotron radius but less than the proton cyclotron radius are considered. The cyclotron radii are defined from parallel thermal velocity of electron component and proton component with respect to the interplanetary magnetic field. No LH cyclotron waves are found to propagate for _p < 0, where _p 1 –T _p/T _p is the temperature anisotropy of the proton component with respect to the interplanetary magnetic field. The damping or growth of RH cyclotron waves is found to depend on the frequency range and the temperature anisotropy of the proton component. The RH cyclotron waves are damped in the frequency range _r | _p | _p for _p < 0, where _p is the proton cyclotron frequency. RH cyclotron instabilities occur in the frequency range | _p | _p > _r > | _p | _p /(1– _r ) for _p < 0. The marginal state is at _r =| _p | _p .Abstract presented at theInternational Symposium on Solar-Terrestrial, São Paulo, Brazil, 17–22 June, 1974     

Stability and motion in two degree-of-freedom hamiltonian systems for two-to-one commensurability

The two time variable method is used to investigate the stability of and the motion about the equilibrium point of an autonomous Hamiltonian system of two degrees of freedom when the HamiltonianH is indefinite and the relation between the frequencies ₁ and ₂ of the linearized system is ₁ 2₂. Also, the conditions for periodic orbits and the stability of these orbits are obtained.     

The 4∶1 resonance

We study the resonance ₁₂ = 41 and some near-resonance cases. The main peculiarity of this resonance is that for ₁₂ < 4 the characteristic of the central periodic orbits is broken into two and each part is joined with a resonant characteristic. This behaviour is described theoretically by means of the third integral. It seems that there are infinite families of simple periodic orbits near the escape region. Finally, a comparison is made with the cases near the ₁₂ = 21 resonance.     

Lower hybrid wave model for aurora

In the framework of non-linear fluid theory we use a lower hybrid (LH) wave of the form as a pump which interacts with the small fluctuations with the low-frequency vibrations _i or =0, where _i , is the hydrogen ion-cyclotron (HIC) gyrofrequency. The ponderomotive force generated by the beating of the high-frequency pump wave ₀ and the sideband LH waves (±₀) produces a non-linear coupling between the high- and low-frequency motions of electrons and ions. Under certain conditions the HIC waves and the zero-frequency waves both become parametrically unstable and start to grow. These excited waves then heat the ions by stochastic acceleration in the transverse direction, thus explaining the formation of ion comics along the auroral field lines. Electrons would be heated in the parallel direction directly by the pump field as well as by low-frequency waves. Thus a single mechanism can explain the existence of ion-cyclotron waves, zero-frequency waves, ion conics, and energetic electrons along the auroral field lines.     

The disk dynamo

The simplest dynamo in a thin disk is analysed. It the antisymmetric helicity function (z) (wherez is a coordinate perpendicular to the disk plane) is smooth and limited, then the conditions for generating a magnetic field and the symmetry of the resulting solutions depend only on the form of at the segment (0,h) — whereh is the half-thickness of the disk — and the value of the dimensionless dynamo numberD. When (z) does not change its sign at this segment andD>D _c (the critical dynamo number), the excitation of non-oscillating even (quadrupole) and oscillating odd (dipole) fields are possible. When (z) changes its sign at the segment indicated, non-oscillating odd magnetic fields can also be excited.The old exact solutions of the disk dynamo are studied and new ones are found. The results can be of importance when applied to the problem of the generation of a magnetic field in galactic and turbulent disks appearing around some X-ray sources.     

The distribution law of stellarp-modes

We show that the overall densityg() of asymptotic acoustic frequencies of a star obeys a Weyl lawg() ^D–1, whereD is the dimensionality of the oscillating stellar configuration. For realistic stars with a finite non-zero surface sound speed,D is equal to the actual dimensionality of the star,D=3. For formal models with a vanishing sound velocity at the surface, heuristic arguments lead to a dimensionality parameterD=4.5. The empirical frequencies of Eddington's standard model are found to be consistent with the latter distribution, with reasonable agreement already occurring in the low-frequency range > _i 2× fundamental radial mode. We argue that real stars obey this 3.5-power law in some finite frequency interval _i << _f , _f being a very high frequency critically depending on the surface sound velocity, while the full asymptotic law, withD=3, holds for > _f .     

Pulsar radio emission from expanding charge sheets

We semi-quantitatively calculate the distribution of energy in frequency and angle emitted from a sheet of charges that are moving out relativistically along dipolar magnetic field lines originating near the magnetic polar caps of a rotating neutron star. The angular distribution is conical with the angle of maximum intensity varying with frequency as ^–1/4 for _c 2 _c /(R _M ²), whereR_M is the initial angular radius of the charge sheet at the surface of the star of radiusR. At higher frequencies the width of the angular cone remains constant. The radiation is linearly polarized with the polarization vector in the plane of the line of sight and the magnetic axis. A sheet of uniform charge density and finite thickness has a frequency spectrum that varies from ^–3/2 to ^–4 for _c and _c , respectively. These features are in good general agreement with the observed characteristics of the intensity, pulse shape, and frequency spectrum of the radio pulses from pulsars.Operated by Associated Universities, Inc., under contract with the National Science Foundation.     

Electrostatic Wave Instability and Plasma Radiation from Coronal Loops

Polarization properties of solar and stellar radio emission require, in some cases, emission below the third or fourth coronal electron gyro level, < 3,_c; 4, _c. In the context of plasma radiation, the source parameters should be such that the intermediate magnetic field condition 1 < _p ² / _c ² < 3 is satisfied. Supposing this condition, we investigate the generation of electrostatic waves in a warm background plasma with a high-energy component of magnetically trapped electrons. We invoke the conversion of upper-hybrid waves and Bernstein waves into electromagnetic radiation as being responsible for intense radio emission from a coronal magnetic loop. Moreover, odd-half harmonic emissions in the solar radio spectrum as well as the o-mode polarization at the second harmonic of the plasma frequency are natural consequence of this proposed model.     

Concerning isothermal self-similar blast waves

We investigate the one-dimensional self-similar flow behind a blast wave from a plane explosion in a medium whose density varies with distance asx _– with the assumption that the flow is isothermal. If <0 a continuous solution passing through the origin and the shock does not exist. If 1/3>>0 one critical point exists. To be physically acceptable the flow must by-pass this critical point. It is shown that a continuous solution passing through both the origin and through the shock and by-passing the critical point does exist. If 1>>1/3 the first critical point does not exist but a second one appears. To be physically acceptable the flow must again by-pass this new critical point. We show that a continuous solution passing through both the origin and the shock and by-passing the new critical point exists in this case. If >1 no physically acceptable solution exists since the mass behind the shock is infinite.The dependence of the solutions on the parameter is analytic for >0 so that interpolation between neighboring values of is permitted.We investigate the stability of these isothermal blast waves to one-dimensional but non-self-similar perturbations. If 0<<5/7, the solutions are shown to be linearly unstable against short wavelength perturbations near the origin. If the solution crosses the shock with a normalized velocityu>2 the solution is linearly unstable against short wavelength perturbations near the shock for 1>>0. If the solution crosses the shock with normalized velocity 2>u>1 (and it must cross the shock withu>1), the solution is certainly unstable against short wavelength perturbations near the shock for >11/19 and, depending on the crossing velocity, can be unstable there for all .Thus for 1>>0, the solution is always unstable somewhere. Since there is no characteristic time scale in the system all instabilities grow as a power law of time rather than exponentially. The existence of these instabilities implies that initial deviations do not decay and the system does not tend to a self-similar form.     

Compton scattering of relativistic electrons in compact X-ray sources

The problem of single Compton scattering is considered and the resulting spectrum, angular distribution and polarization of scattered photons in a general case are obtained. The inverse Compton scattering (ICS) for arbitrary energies of electronsE and photons ₀ is investigated in detail. In the case of isotropically-distributed initial photons and relativistic electrons, a strong rise of the scattered spectrum near the upper edge takes place, starting from the values of the characteristic parameterb4E ₀10 (in units of mc²=1). The energy-loss rate of relativistic electrons due to ICS is calculated. It is shown that the relativistic electrons of the energiesE100 MeV, when scattering on the X-rays with ₀~10KeV, transmit the dominant part of their energy to the photons which fall after scattering into the energy range of the electrons (100 MeV).The radiation spectrum of ICS, as well as the energy-losses of relativistic electrons distributed by power-lawE ^–, are calculated. The radiation spectrum reveals the power-law behaviour with the different indices in two limits: the dependence ^–(1)/2 at ₀1 gradually changes to ^–(+1) ln (₀) law for ₀1.     

A nonlinear tensor field and the second metric tensor

In our preceding paper {see [L. Sh. Grigorian and S. Gottlöber, Astrofizika (in press)]} we investigated a self-gravitating system consisting of a scalar field and a linear tensor field _ik= _ki with minimal coupling and with allowance for the action of vacuum polarization effects. In the present paper we investigate the case of a nonlinear tensor field _ik. The action S ⁽⁾ of the field _ik is determined by the difference R_ik — _ik, where R_ik is the space-time Ricci tensor and Rik is the analogous quantity constructed using the metric _ik=g_ik+_ik induced by _ik ( is a free parameter). Here S ⁽⁾ coincides with the previously known expression for the action of a linear field _ik. Equations of motion are derived for _ik in curved space-time. The energy-momentum metric tensor, determining the contribution of _ik to the gravitational field equations, is calculated.Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 135–144, January-March, 1996.     

Wave and stability properties of black holes

In this paper we transform the wave equation governing gravitational perturbations of a Schwarzschild black hole from its standard Schrödinger or Regge-Wheeler form to a Klein-Gordon type wave equation. This latter form reveals immediately that incoming waves with frequencies () _cml , a critical frequency, are completely reflected (transmitted). This process is entirely due to the radial variation of the cut-off frequency inherent in the dispersive nature of the wave propagation properties of gravitational perturbations of the Schwarzschild metric. Moreover, those high-frequency waves ( _cml) which penetrate through the region near the Schwarzschild radiusr _sare, on crossing this event horizon, attenuated by a factor exp (–r _s/c), thereby dumping most of their energy and momentum into the black hole. It is shown that in the vicinity ofr _sthe metric is locally unstable. This feature and the wave absorption process indicate that the neighbourhood aroundr _sis dynamically active, and, as well as acting like a Hawking-type particle creator, will behave as a wave emitter in order to relax the stresses on the metric.     

On the stability of the triangular libration points for the photogravitational circular restricted problem of three bodies under the resonances of the third and the fourth order

We investigate the stability of the triangular libration points when both the attracting bodies are radiating under the resonance conditions ₁ = 2₂ and 3₂.     

Existence of the continuations in theN-body problem

The method of obtaining the estimates of the maximalt-interval ( _–, ₊) on which the solution of theN-body problem exists and which is such that some fixed mutual distance (e. g. ₁₂) exceeds some fixed non-negative lower bound, for allt contained in ( _–, ₊), is considered. For given masses and initial data, the increasing sequences of the numbers _k , each of which provides the estimate ₊ > _k , are constructed. It appears that if ₊ = +, then .     

A Razin-Tsytovich effect for bremsstrahlung

It is shown that bremsstrahlung from electrons with Lorentz factor 1 is suppressed for >_p in a plasma with plasma frequency _p compared with emission in vacuo. For _p the ratio of the power emitted per unit frequency in the plasma to that in vacuo varies as ².This suppression effect is analogous to the suppression of synchrotron radiation in a plasma (Razin-Tsytovich effect). It is argued that such suppression is a characteristic property of emission by relativistic particles in a plasma.     

Plasma Resonance Surfaces in the Magnetic Field Reconnection and Radio Fine Structures

Using a 2-D MHD model, the magnetic field reconnection in the current sheet and corresponding plasma resonance lines (surfaces in 3-D), where the upper-hybrid frequency equals one of harmonics of the electron gyrofrequency, _UH=(_pe ²+_Be ²)^1/2=s_Be (_UH, _pe, and _Be are the upper hybrid, electron plasma, and cyclotron frequencies, respectively, and s is the integer harmonic number) are computed. Then at selected times and positions in the magnetic reconnection the spatial and time spectra of upper hybrid frequencies along the resonance lines are calculated. These spectra are discussed from the point of view of radio fine structures as narrowband dm-spikes, zebras, and lace bursts. It is shown that not only turbulent plasma outflows, suggested in the paper by Bárta and Karlický (2001), but also perturbed zones near the reconnection slow-mode shocks can be locations of the narrowband dm-spikes (and/or continua). Sources of the lace bursts (i.e. bursts with irregular lines) can be located in the reconnection space, too. On the other hand, the zebras (bursts with regular separations of zebra lines) need to be generated out of strongly perturbed reconnection areas.