Conclusions
Our chief result is the proof that pulsars can possess a quasi-steady-state magnetosphere with temperature T∼104–106. The magnetosphere can be maintained in this state in its part nearest the star if the plasma is heated by radiation from the star (except for P 0531, for which such radiation is nearlyinsignificant). Plasma in the main part of the magnetosphere is maintained in such a hot state as a result of Joule heat due to drift currents. Radiation from the magnetosphere of P 0531 is found basically in the optical spectrum, though the intensity is several orders of magnitude less than the observed value, so that it does not correspond to the observed optical emission from the pulsar in the Crab nebula.
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Erevan State University. Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 339–349, April–June, 1976.
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Avakyan, R.M., Alodzhants, G.P., Saakyan, G.S. et al. Magnetosphere of barionic stars. Astrophysics 12, 209–216 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01002038
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