Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Aug 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986mnras.221..523h&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 221, Aug. 1, 1986, p. 523-536.
Statistics
Computation
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Charged Particles, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Mirrors, Particle Motion, Relativistic Particles, Synchrotron Radiation, Computational Astrophysics, Equations Of Motion, Landau Factor, Pulsar Magnetospheres
Scientific paper
The motion of a charged relativistic particle moving along a magnetic field of increasing strength is investigated theoretically, with a focus on the competition between the synchrotron-radiation and magnetic-mirroring mechanisms. The equations of motion are derived and simplified by assuming a power-law dependence of magnetic-field strength on distance, and a mirror/radiation ratio is defined. This ratio determines which of two final fates awaits the particle - bouncing by the mirror or indefinite finite-velocity propagation while gyrating at the lowest Landau level. The phase-space boundaries of these regimes are explored, and the implications of the results for radio-pulsar, accreting X-ray-pulsar, and planetary magnetospheres are discussed.
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