Ohmic Power of Ideal Pulsars
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2011-02-01 v1
Abstract
Ideal axisymmetric pulsar magnetosphere is calculated from the standard stationary force-free equation but with a new boundary condition at the equator. The new solution predicts Ohmic heating. About 50% of the Poynting power is dissipated in the equatorial current layer outside the light cylinder, with about 10% dissipated between 1 and 1.5 light cylinder radii. The Ohmic heat presumably goes into radiation, pair production, and acceleration of charges -- in an unknown proportion.
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@article{arxiv.1101.5844,
title = {Ohmic Power of Ideal Pulsars},
author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.5844},
year = {2011}
}
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3 pages, 1 figure