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Global structure of the pulsar force-free magnetosphere revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

Svetlana Petrova
Svetlana Petrova*
Affiliation:
Institute of Radio Astronomy, Chervonopraporna Str., 4, 61002 Kharkov, Ukraine email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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A new model of the pulsar force-free magnetosphere is suggested, which includes the presence of the polar, outer and slot gaps. It is based on a new exact solution of the pulsar equation in the form of an offset monopole and the resultant split-offset monopole scheme.

Keywords

MHDplasmaspulsars: generalstars: neutronstars: magnetic fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years , August 2012 , pp. 471 - 473
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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