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Rashid Shaisultanov

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Stream instabilities in relativistically hot plasma

The instabilities of relativistic ion beams in a relativistically hot electron background are derived for general propagation angles. It is shown that the Weibel instability in the direction perpendicular to the streaming direction is the fastest growing mode, and probably the first to appear, consistent with the aligned filaments that are seen in PIC simulations. Oblique, quasiperpendicular modes grow almost as fast, as the growth rate varies only moderately with angle, and they may distort or corrugate the filaments after the perpendicular mode saturates.

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Dynamical Oscillations and Glitches in AXPs

Recently reported observations of magnetar glitches and coincident X-ray long term brightening events establish enough of a data base to indicate that the brightening events are accompanied by glitches at their outset, and that they are probably triggered by the same event that triggers the glitch. We suggest, on the basis of various observational clues, that a) these are caused by energy releases at depths below 100 meters, and b) the unpinning is due to global mechanical motion triggered by the energy release, not by heat. Because mechanical triggering of a glitch requires less energy than a detectable long term X-ray brightening, the latter does not necessarily accompany every glitch, but it is predicted, when it does occur, to be heralded by a glitch. Crustal oscillation associated with the mechanical energy release may cause short ($\ll 10^3$s) flares.

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Neutrino interactions with a weak slowly varying electromagnetic field

We derive the effective action for processes involving two neutrinos and two photons at energies much below the electron mass. We discuss several applications in which one or both photons are replaced by external fields. In particular, Cherenkov radiation and neutrino pair production in weak external fields are investigated for massive Dirac neutrinos.

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