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The current sheets in the magnetosphere of a pulsar

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This paper presents a possible emission mechanism based on the idea of the current sheet of magnetohydrodynamics. Since the excited plasma turbulences result in the anomalous resistance near the light cylinder of a pulsar, the frozen-in condition is partly dissolved. In addition the magnetic field lines in that area cannot perfectly corotate with the star due to the relativistic effect on partly frozen-in charged particles. Therefore, the currents sheets which emit energy are formed.

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    Mao Xinjie & Tong Yi

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Xinjie, M., Yi, T. The current sheets in the magnetosphere of a pulsar. Astrophys Space Sci 132, 201–206 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00637795

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