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    An Idealized Pulsar Magnetosphere: the Relativistic Force-Free Approximation

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    The non-dissipative relativistic force-free condition should be a good approximation to describe the electromagnetic field in much of the pulsar magnetosphere, but we may plausibly expect it to break down in singular domains. Self-consistent magnetospheric solutions are found with field lines closing both at and within the light-cylinder. In general, the detailed properties of the solutions may be affected critically by the physics determining the appropriate choice of equatorial boundary condition beyond the light-cylinder.Comment: 31 pages, 3 figure

    Stellar magnetism

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    Stellar magnetism is the study of the magnetic field of the sun and other stars and is a rapidly developing field of astrophysics. This book offers an authoritative account of the field

    Astrophysics in 2000

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