Rayleigh–Taylor instability in magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Crab nebula
Rayleigh–Taylor instability in magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Crab nebula
In this paper, we discuss the development of Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) filaments in axisymmetric simulations of pulsar wind nebulae (PWN). High-resolution adaptive mesh refinement magnetohydrodynamic simulations are used to resolve the non-linear evolution of the instability. The typical separation of filaments is mediated by the turbulent flow in the nebula and …