Electromagnetic pulsar spindown
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We evaluate the result of the recent pioneering numerical simulations in Spitkovsky~2006 on the spindown of an oblique relativistic magnetic dipole rotator. Our discussion is based on our experience from two idealized cases, that of an aligned dipole rotator, and that of an oblique split-monopole rotator. We conclude that the issue of electromagnetic pulsar spindown may not have been resolved yet.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0701287,
title = {Electromagnetic pulsar spindown},
author = {I. Contopoulos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0701287},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the 363. WE-Heraeus Seminar on: Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Posters and contributed talks) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, May.14-19, 2006, eds. W.Becker, H.H.Huang, MPE Report 291, pp.132-133