The differentially rotating force-free magnetosphere of an aligned rotator: Analytical solutions in the split-monopole approximation

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 605-618

  Timokhin, A N ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

MHD; Pulsars: general; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DROPS; ELECTRIC LINES; MAGNETOSPHERE; PULSARS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; MONOPOLE APPROXIMATION; OPEN FIELD LINES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLAR CAP; POTENTIAL DROP; PULSARS: GENERAL; STARS: NEUTRONS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 34547464782     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11864.x     Document Type: Article

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