Pulsar magnetosphere potential structure

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Nov 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981plap.rept..333s&link_type=abstract

In ESA Plasma Astrophys. p 333-335 (SEE N82-20030 10-88)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Electric Potential, Pulsar Magnetospheres, Pulsars, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Structure, Astronomical Models, Astrophysics, Electric Fields, Electrostatics, Magnetic Dipoles, Poisson Equation, Potential Fields, Space Plasmas

Scientific paper

The electric fields in the polar cap region of the magnetosphere of a pairless orthogonal rotator are calculated, using a modified Poisson equation for the potential, Phi. This is the first step in determining whether return currents are formed in these models and the resulting global current flow patterns. The potential was calculated from 0.1 to 5 RL, where RL is the light cylinder radius, using known results for Phi at 0.1 RL with an inner last closed magnetic field line corresponding to that of a point dipole. The potential distribution indicates that return currents should be formed.

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