Power of an axisymmetric pulsar.
Power of an axisymmetric pulsar.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.94.021101
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发表时间:
2004-07
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
A. Gruzinov
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作者:
A. Gruzinov
Certain exact properties of the stationary force-free magnetosphere of an axisymmetric pulsar are obtained. In particular, it is shown that a magnetic separatrix has an inclination angle of 77.3 degrees to the equatorial plane. The electromagnetic field has an R(-1/2) 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: L=(1+/-0.1)mu(2)Omega(4)/c(3). Thus, the background magnetic configuration, on which all the puzzling pulsar phenomena are taking place, is now known with some confidence.