TY - JOUR
T1 - Power of an axisymmetric pulsar
AU - Gruzinov, Andrei
PY - 2005/1/21
Y1 - 2005/1/21
N2 - Certain exact properties of the stationary force-free magnetosphere of an axisymmetric pulsar are obtained. In particular, it is shown that a magnetic separatrix has an inclination angle of 77.3° to the equatorial plane. The electromagnetic field has an R-1/2 singularity inside the separatrix near the light cylinder. A numerical simulation of the magnetosphere which crudely reproduces these properties is presented. The numerical results are used to estimate the power of an axisymmetric pulsar: L = (1 ± 0.1)μ2Ω4/c3. Thus, the background magnetic configuration, on which all the puzzling pulsar phenomena are taking place, is now known with some confidence.
AB - Certain exact properties of the stationary force-free magnetosphere of an axisymmetric pulsar are obtained. In particular, it is shown that a magnetic separatrix has an inclination angle of 77.3° to the equatorial plane. The electromagnetic field has an R-1/2 singularity inside the separatrix near the light cylinder. A numerical simulation of the magnetosphere which crudely reproduces these properties is presented. The numerical results are used to estimate the power of an axisymmetric pulsar: L = (1 ± 0.1)μ2Ω4/c3. Thus, the background magnetic configuration, on which all the puzzling pulsar phenomena are taking place, is now known with some confidence.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.021101
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.021101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:18144378102
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 94
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 2
M1 - 021101
ER -