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Pulsar magnetosphere with conspicuous trans-field flow

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It is shown that (1) in the pulsar magnetosphere the violation of the ideal-MHD condition,E+v×B≠0, (i.e., conspicuous trans-field motion and non-zero field aligned electric field (E ‖≠0) appears owing to relativistic large inertia, and (2) an axisymmetric numerical model with tenuous plasma suggests that in the region of the trans-field flow a vacuum-like electric field and a closed current circuit develop.

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Shibata, S. Pulsar magnetosphere with conspicuous trans-field flow. Astrophys Space Sci 119, 105–107 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648824

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