Cross-field charge transport by the diocotron instability in pulsar magnetospheres with gaps

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-213

  Petri J ^a   Heyvaerts, J ^a   Bonazzola, S ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Methods: numerical; Plasmas; Stars: pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NEUTRONS; PLASMAS; ROTATION; VACUUM;

DIOCOTRON INSTABILITY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 10744227639     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031239     Document Type: Article

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