Physics
Scientific paper
May 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988mnras.232..277f&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 232, May 15, 1988, p. 277-321.
Physics
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Electrodynamics, Pulsars, Spin Reduction, Stellar Rotation, Electric Fields, Electron Trajectories, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Flux, Magnetospheres, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Physics, Velocity Distribution
Scientific paper
The authors develop further the earlier proposal for the structure and dynamics of an aligned pulsar magnetosphere, and for the associated spin-down of the star, within the framework of classical physics. If electrons emanating from the polar caps are to cross magnetic field lines and return to the star, their trajectories must extend to regions well beyond the light-cylinder, where most of the radiation of angular momentum occurs. In addition, the asymptotic quadrupolar electric field must dominate over the magnetic field, requiring that the dipole moment of the magnetospheric currents cancel that of the star, so setting strong constraints on the parameters of the problem.
Fitzpatrick Richard
Mestel Leon
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