Electrodynamics of pulsar magnetospheres
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I review the theoretical understanding of the global structure of pulsar magnetospheres concentrating on recent progress in force-free electrodynamics and first-principles simulations of magnetospheres.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0310731,
title = {Electrodynamics of pulsar magnetospheres},
author = {Anatoly Spitkovsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0310731},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited review, to appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings), eds F. Camilo and B. M. Gaensler. 8 pages. Figures best viewed if printed