Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980ap%26ss..72..175m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 72, no. 1, Sept. 1980, p. 175-181.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Magnetic Stars, Neutron Stars, Rotating Plasmas, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Rotation, Pair Production, Polar Caps, Pulsar Magnetospheres, Space Charge, Stellar Models
Scientific paper
It is concluded that the magnetospheric structure around an aligned rotating magnetized neutron star, in the case of a completely charge-separated plasma, consists of a dome of charge about the polar caps and an equatorial disk of opposite charge which, together, entirely envelope the surface but do not fill the magnetosphere. Although the aligned rotator is a 'standard model' for analyzing pulsar emission, the magnetosphere obtained need not emit particles and need not generate a stellar wind, contrary to previous expectations. Pair production only seems to modify the detailed shape of the dome and disk, such modification serving to shut off further pair production. Such a magnetohydrodynamically inactive object may have difficulty simulating pulsar emission.
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