2004/10/31 by Bjoern S. Schmekel
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph #physics.acc-ph #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.72.026410
published as Phys.Rev. E72 (2005) 026410 · 4 pages, 5 figures, one new figure, corrected minor errors, accepted for publication in Physical Review E
arxiv created 2005/05/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The electromagnetic radiation of a rotating relativistic electron layers is studied numerically using particle-in-cell simulation. The results of the simulation confirm all relevant scaling properties predicted by theoretical models. These models may turn out to be important for the understanding of the coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) instability that may occur in systems as diverse as particle accelerators radio pulsars.