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The complex charm of the pulsar magnetosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

A. N. Timokhin
A. N. Timokhin*
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USAMoscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia email: andrey.timokhin@nasa.gov
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Abstract

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I give a brief overview of recent results from self-consistent modeling of electron-positrons cascades in pulsar polar caps. These results strongly suggest that the pulsar magnetosphere is a more complex system than was assumed before.

Keywords

stars: neutronpulsars: generalacceleration of particlesplasmasradiation mechanisms: nonthermalmagnetic fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S291: Neutron Stars and Pulsars: Challenges and Opportunities after 80 years , August 2012 , pp. 273 - 278
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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