• DOI:10.1038/241184a0
Corpus ID: 4151996

Evolution of the Pulsar Magnetosphere

@article{Endean1973EvolutionOT,
  title={Evolution of the Pulsar Magnetosphere},
  author={V. G. Endean},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1973},
  volume={241},
  pages={184-185}
}

• V. G. Endean
• Published 1973
• Physics
• Nature

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BEFORE the discovery of pulsars, Hoyle, Narlikar and Wheeler1 reasoned that the magnetic neutron star would have a very tenuous atmosphere. In 1969, Goldreich and Julian2 reached a different conclusion. They argued that the electromagnetic forces near the surface of a rotating magnetic neutron star are so large by comparison with the gravitational forces that charged particles must be pulled out of the star at a sufficient rate for a dense magnetosphere to be generated.