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Electrodynamics of Pulsar Magnetospheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Anatoly Spitkovsky
Anatoly Spitkovsky*
Affiliation:
KIPAC, Stanford University, P.O. Box 20450, MS 29, CA 94309, USA

Abstract

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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.

Type
Part 8: Pulsar Electrodynamics and Emission Theory
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 218: Young Neutrons Stars and their Environments , 2004 , pp. 357 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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