On the magnetosphere of an accelerated pulsar

T. Daniel Brennan; Samuel E. Gralla

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.103013

On the magnetosphere of an accelerated pulsar

T. Daniel Brennan, Samuel E. Gralla

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We report on a remarkable class of exact solutions to force-free electrodynamics that has four-current along the light cones of an arbitrary timelike worldline in flat spacetime. No symmetry is assumed, and the solutions are given in terms of a free function of three variables. The field configuration should describe the outer magnetosphere of a pulsar moving on the worldline. The power radiated is the sum of an acceleration (Larmor-type) term and a pulsar-type term.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	103013
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	89
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.103013
State	Published - May 27 2014
Externally published	Yes

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