The axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere. I

Details The axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere. I The axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere. I

Aug 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979mnras.188..385m&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 188, Aug. 1979, p. 385-414.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Atmospheric Models, Pulsar Magnetospheres, Pulsars, Stellar Atmospheres, Electric Fields, Electrons, Lines Of Force, Neutron Stars, Relativistic Particles, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Models

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The paper proposes a model for the magnetosphere of a pulsar with the magnetic and rotation axes aligned. There is a basic similarity to Jackson's model, in that there is no energy loss through a steady pulsar wind. Electrons pulled out of the polar regions are driven across the light-cylinder by centrifugal force, moderated by the electric force component along the magnetic field. Just beyond the light-cylinder the electrons become highly relativistic and emit high-frequency radiation, which carries away energy and angular momentum, so braking the star. This radiative dissipation forces the electrons to migrate across the magnetic field-lines towards the equator, to be driven back to the star by the electric field. A program is outlined for the construction of mutually self-consistent, magnetic, electric and particle fields.

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