The complex charm of the pulsar magnetosphere
Abstract
I give a brief overview of recent results from self-consistent modeling of electron-positrons cascades in pulsar polar caps. These results strongly suggest that the pulsar magnetosphere is a more complex system than was assumed before.
- Publication:
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Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392131202385X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1210.5512
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..291..273T
- Keywords:
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- stars: neutron;
- pulsars: general;
- acceleration of particles;
- plasmas;
- radiation mechanisms: nonthermal;
- magnetic fields;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of IAUS 291 "Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years", J. van Leeuwen (ed.)