Jets and Disk-Winds from Pulsar Magnetospheres

Abstract

We discuss axisymmetric force-free pulsar magnetospheres with magnetically collimated jets and a disk-wind obtained by numerical solution of the pulsar equation. This solution represents an alternative to the quasi-spherical wind solutions where a major part of the current flow is in a current sheet which is unstable to magnetic field annihilation.

6 figures, accepted for publication in the ApJ

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