Title: Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of the Crab Nebula

Description: The plot shows the northern hemisphere of the synthetic Crab nebula. On the polar axis a transmagnetosonic jet ploughs into the surrounding plasma. A standing shock is clearly visible about the Z axis at Z = 0.0 out to a radius of ~1.0. The units of measurement on both axes is 1 light year. The standing shock, referred to as the "termination shock"; shock heats the plasma wind accelerated from the rapidly rotating neutron star or Crab Pulsar at the centre, and sends this very turbulent flow out into the nebula bubble.

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Web Page: http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.3647

Contributed By: Nicholas Camus: nicholas.camus@amec.com