Three-dimensional numerical simulations of the pulsar magnetosphere: Preliminary results

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Kalapotharakos, C ^a   Contopoulos, I ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pulsars: General; Stars: Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PLASMA THEORY; ROTATION; STARS;

EULERIAN; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MAGNETIC DIPOLES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLVERS; PARTICLE ACCELERATIONS; PULSAR MAGNETOSPHERES; PULSARS: GENERAL; QUASI STATIONARIES; STARS: MAGNETIC FIELDS; STEADY STATE; STELLAR ROTATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; TIME DEPENDENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 62749123008     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810281     Document Type: Article

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