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Pulsar electrodynamics revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2013

D. B. Melrose  and
R. Yuen
D. B. Melrose
Affiliation:
SIfA, School of Physics, The University of SydneyNSW 2006, Australia email: melrose@physics.usyd.edu.au
R. Yuen
Affiliation:
SIfA, School of Physics, The University of SydneyNSW 2006, Australia email: melrose@physics.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

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The inductive electric field is unjustifiably neglected in most models for pulsar electrodynamics; it cannot be screened by the magnetospheric plasma, and it is not small in comparison with the corotation electric field. The perpendicular component of the inductive electric field implies a drift motion that is inconsistent with corotation at any angular velocity. Some implications of the inductive electric field and the associated drift motion are discussed.

Keywords

pulsars: generalplasmasmagnetic 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. 283 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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