An idealized pulsar magnetosphere: The relativistic force-free approximation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 213-224

  Goodwin, Simon P ^a,b   Mestel, Jonathan ^c   Mestel, Leon ^a   Wright, Geoffrey A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MHD; Pulsars : general; Relativity

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MAGNETOSPHERE; PULSARS; RELATIVITY;

BREAK DOWN; CONDITION; FIELD LINES; LIGHT CYLINDER; MAGNETOSPHERICS; PROPERTY; PULSAR MAGNETOSPHERE; PULSARS: GENERAL; RELATIVISTICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 1842588488     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07481.x     Document Type: Article

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