Magnetospheres of accreting compact stars possessing multipole magnetic fields

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Sov. Astron. AJ (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6034694

Lipunov, V M

The magnetospheres of accreting compact stars (neutron stars and white dwarfs) are examined. It is assumed that the compact star possesses a multipole magnetic field. The shape of the magnetosphere for the two-dimensional analog of spherically symmetric accretion and the magnetic-field configuration for the case of disk accretion are found with the help of conformal mappings. The results of a generalization of the two-dimensional solution to the real three-dimensional case are discussed.

• Research Organization: Main Astronomical Observatory, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
• OSTI ID: 6034694
• Journal Information: Sov. Astron. AJ (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Astron. AJ (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:6; ISSN SAAJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640102* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Stars & Quasi-Stellar
Radio & X-Ray Sources
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATMOSPHERES
DWARF STARS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MORPHOLOGY
NEUTRON STARS
RADIATION SOURCES
STAR ACCRETION
STAR EVOLUTION
STARS
STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
STELLAR MAGNETOSPHERES
WHITE DWARF STARS
X-RAY EQUIPMENT
X-RAY SOURCES