Work Function of Strongly Magnetized Neutron Star Crustal Matter and the Associated Magneto-Sphere
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2015-05-14 v1 Materials Science
Nuclear Theory
Atomic Physics
Abstract
Following an extremely interesting idea \cite{R1}, published long ago, the work function at the outer crust region of a strongly magnetized neutron star is obtained using relativistic version of Thomas-Fermi type model. In the present scenario, the work function becomes anisotropic; the longitudinal part is an increasing function of magnetic field strength, whereas the transverse part diverges. An approximate estimate of the electron density in the magnetosphere due to field emission and photo emission current, from the polar cap region are obtained.
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@article{arxiv.0912.5446,
title = {Work Function of Strongly Magnetized Neutron Star Crustal Matter and the Associated Magneto-Sphere},
author = {Arpita Ghosh and Somenath Chakrabarty},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.5446},
year = {2015}
}
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4 pages REVTEX with three .eps figures