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arxiv: 0904.2125 · v1 · submitted 2009-04-14 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE

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Relativistically expanding cylindrical electromagnetic fields

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keywords fieldselectromagneticcylindercylindricalequationsexpandinggeometryrelativistically
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We study relativistically expanding electromagnetic fields of cylindrical geometry. The fields emerge from the side surface of a cylinder and are invariant under translations parallel to the axis of the cylinder. The expansion velocity is in the radial direction and is parametrized by $v=R/(ct)$. We consider force-free magnetic fields by setting the total force the electromagnetic field exerts on the charges and the currents equal to zero. Analytical and semi-analytical separable solutions are found for the relativistic problem. In the non-relativistic limit the mathematical form of the equations is similar to equations that have already been studied in static systems of the same geometry.

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