The Power of Axisymmetric Pulsar
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Stationary force-free magnetosphere of an axisymmetric pulsar is shown to have a separatrix inclination angle of 77.3. The electromagnetic field has an singularity inside the separatrix near the light cylinder. A numerical simulation of the magnetosphere which crudely reproduces these properties is presented. The numerical results are used to estimate the power of an axisymmetric pulsar: . A need for a better numerical simulation is pointed out.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0407279,
title = {The Power of Axisymmetric Pulsar},
author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0407279},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages