Modeling of pulsar magnetospheres
Abstract
The inner workings of pulsar magnetospheres have fascinated and confused researchers since the discovery of pulsars. I will review the status of magnetospheric models, including vacuum, space-charge-limited and resistive force-free MHD. I will highlight model predictions for the integrated pulsar quantities (such as spin down and torques) and the observational consequences of calculated magnetic field structure. Particularly, high-energy emission from pulsars allows putting new constraints on the geometry of the emission region and the physics of particle acceleration in the magnetosphere.
- Publication:
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Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
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- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..291..291S