An Idealized Pulsar Magnetosphere: the Relativistic Force-Free Approximation
arXiv:astro-ph/0407227 · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07481.x
Abstract
The non-dissipative relativistic force-free condition should be a good approximation to describe the electromagnetic field in much of the pulsar magnetosphere, but we may plausibly expect it to break down in singular domains. Self-consistent magnetospheric solutions are found with field lines closing both at and within the light-cylinder. In general, the detailed properties of the solutions may be affected critically by the physics determining the appropriate choice of equatorial boundary condition beyond the light-cylinder.
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