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Cosmic Ray Particle Acceleration in Pulsar Magnetospheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

K.O. Thielheim*
Affiliation:
Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik, Abt. Mathematische Physik, University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 2300 Kiel, West Germany

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A plausible approach to the theory of pulsars as cosmic ray particle accelerators is to integrate numerically the Lorentz-Dirac-equation, using the vacuum field of a rotating orthogonal magnetic dipole as a model field configuration. Typical parameter values are: angular velocity ω = 20 π/sec and magnetic dipole moment μ = 1030G cm3 (K.O. Thielheim, Proc. ESO-CERN Conf. 1986).

Type
VI. Other Manifestations of Neutron Stars and Their Place in Neutron Star Evolution
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987