For a cold equatorial axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic wind with in the gravity of a point mass , smooth crossing of the Alfvén surface gives and . Put , , and . The corotating energy, scaled by , isThe azimuthal velocity relative to field-line rotation is and the poloidal speed is . The apparent singularity at is interpreted through a smooth limiting slope. A nondegenerate magnetosonic crossing on a constant- curve requires and a real admissible tangent slope.
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