Numerical modelling of pulsar magnetospheres

✍ Scribed by M. Petravić

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 777 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4655
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-4655(76)90006-0

✦ Synopsis

Numerical models used in the study ofthe pulsar magnetosphere are described: a vacuum model based only on Maxwell's equations and a more realistic model employing both Maxwell's and relativistic two-fluid equations. The general approach to solving the chosen Sets of partial differential equations is outlined and the possible boundary conditions are examined. Numerical methods suitable for solving Maxwell's equations are discussed and a method is developed for solving the combined fluid plus Maxwell model. Results are presented and discussed and the possible improvements in the approach are indicated.