The 161.7 plus or minus 0.3 day period of the SS 433 Doppler shifts can be explained by double jets of matter emitted by neutron stars (Abell and Margon, 1979). It is shown that the jets are not necessarily beams of particles (Fabian and Rees, 1979), but may instead be self-focused, large-amplitude electromagnetic waves. A model is proposed, in which precession is obtained from a coupling of the wave nozzle to the angle of the accretion disk. The beaming comes from self-focused, low-frequency waves, and two beams strike a screen, boring a hole through it and creating a hot spot. Photons escape the hot spot only along a channel opened by the beam, giving a narrow cone of emission. The Milgrom mechanism (1979) accelerates neutral gas bunches by absorption of these photons to a relative velocity of 0.28.
Self-focussed electromagnetic waves and SS 433
FERRARI, Attilio;MASSAGLIA, Silvano
1981-01-01
Abstract
The 161.7 plus or minus 0.3 day period of the SS 433 Doppler shifts can be explained by double jets of matter emitted by neutron stars (Abell and Margon, 1979). It is shown that the jets are not necessarily beams of particles (Fabian and Rees, 1979), but may instead be self-focused, large-amplitude electromagnetic waves. A model is proposed, in which precession is obtained from a coupling of the wave nozzle to the angle of the accretion disk. The beaming comes from self-focused, low-frequency waves, and two beams strike a screen, boring a hole through it and creating a hot spot. Photons escape the hot spot only along a channel opened by the beam, giving a narrow cone of emission. The Milgrom mechanism (1979) accelerates neutral gas bunches by absorption of these photons to a relative velocity of 0.28.
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