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Title:
An idealized pulsar magnetosphere: the relativistic force-free approximation
Authors:
Goodwin, Simon P.; Mestel, Jonathan; Mestel, Leon; Wright, Geoffrey A. E.
Affiliation:
AA(Astronomy Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5 The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3YB), AB(Department of Mathematics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Prince Consort Rd, London SW7 2BZ), AC(Astronomy Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH), AD(Astronomy Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH)
Publication:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 349, Issue 1, pp. 213-224. (MNRAS Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/2004
Origin:
MNRAS
Astronomy Keywords:
MHD, relativity, pulsars: general
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07481.x
Bibliographic Code:
2004MNRAS.349..213G

Abstract

The non-dissipative relativistic force-free condition should be a good approximation to describe the electromagnetic field in much of the pulsar magnetosphere, but we may plausibly expect it to break down in singular domains. Self-consistent magnetospheric solutions are found with field lines closing both at and within the light-cylinder. In general, the detailed properties of the solutions may be affected critically by the physics determining the appropriate choice of equatorial boundary condition beyond the light-cylinder.

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