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Plasma Distribution Near Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

F. Curtis Michel  and
R. Pellat
F. Curtis Michel
Affiliation:
Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
R. Pellat
Affiliation:
Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France

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We argue that the aligned rotator model originally introduced by Goldreich and Julian possesses “static” solutions wherein particles of both sign are trapped within the magnetosphere. Simple models of such distributions are given. For such models to have dynamic properties (constant particle emission, relativistic stellar wind, etc.) one must suppose that the equatorial particles are transported away by (e.g.) flux tube interchange, rather than by flow along field lines as originally proposed.

Type
I. Electrodynamics of the Pulsar Magnetosphere and Wave Zone
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 95: Pulsars , 1981 , pp. 37 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1981 

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