Electrodynamics of Pulsar Magnetospheres
Abstract
I review the theoretical understanding of the global structure of pulsar magnetospheres concentrating on recent progress in force-free electrodynamics and first-principles simulations of magnetospheres.
- Publication:
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Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments
- Pub Date:
- 2004
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0310731
- Bibcode:
- 2004IAUS..218..357S
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Invited review, to appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings), eds F. Camilo and B. M. Gaensler. 8 pages. Figures best viewed if printed