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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2017
Pulsars are generally identified with rotating, magnetized neutron stars. According to Goldreich and Julian (1969), an induced electric field creates the electric current which flows out of the magnetic poles and fills the magnetosphere with plasma. The current flows along the open magnetic field lines and returns along the boundary between the closed and open parts of the magnetosphere (Scharlemann and Wagoner 1973). The boundary shape is determined by the equilibrium condition for the current sheet.