The axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere

Details The axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere The axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere

Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984esasp.207...93m&link_type=abstract

In ESA Plasma Astrophys. p 93-99 (SEE N85-22270 12-90)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Models, Pulsar Magnetospheres, Pulsars, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Magnetic Stars, Stellar Rotation, Symmetry

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The paper describes a possible model for the steady spin-down of an aligned rotating magnetic neutron star, within the framework of classical physics. The electron currents which exert the braking torque on the star flow from the polar caps out to and beyond the light-cylinder, where they emit gamma radiation; the associated loss of angular momentum enables the currents to cross field lines and so return to the star at lower latitudes. The high energies retained by some electrons returning to the strong magnetic regions near the star suggest that the model would spontaneously convert into a quantum magnetosphere, with pair production continually triggered by the circulating primary electrons.

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