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Pulsar magnetospheres with jets

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/168424· OSTI ID:6966495
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  1. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA) Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (USA)
The present study of Grad-Shafranov solutions for the ideal MHD flows around a magnetized rotating neutron star whose axes of rotation and magnetism are identical notes the force-free limit of this equation to be identical to the pulsar equation derived from a variational principle which minimizes the electromagnetic field energy within the constraints of fixed total angular momentum and total magnetic helicity. The pulsar equation is found to be a peacewise linear pdf with a class of solutions encompassing self-collimated electromagnetic jets along the star's rotation axis. 37 refs.
OSTI ID:
6966495
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal; (USA), Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal; (USA) Vol. 350; ISSN ASJOA; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English