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Magnetosphere of Oscillating Neutron Star. Nonvacuum Treatment

arXiv:astro-ph/9909354 · doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03535.x

Abstract

We generalize a formula for the Goldreich-Julian charge density (ρ), originally derived for rotating neutron star, for arbitrary oscillations of a neutron star with arbitrary magnetic field configuration under assumption of low current density in the inner parts of the magnetosphere. As an application we consider toroidal oscillation of a neutron star with dipole magnetic field and calculate energy losses. For some oscillation modes the longitudinal electric field can not be canceled by putting charged particles in the magnetosphere without a presence of strong electric current j = (c/(ωr))ρc. It is shown that the energy losses are strongly affected by plasma in the magnetosphere, and cannot be described by vacuum formulas.

submited to MNRAS (22 pages, 12 figures; revised version: minor conceptual changes and corrections)

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