2006/12/22 by P. C. Hsu, Pei-Chun Hsu, K. Hirotani +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0612677
Proceedings of the 363. WE-Heraeus Seminar on: Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Posters and contributed talks) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, May.14-19, 2006, eds. W.Becker, H.H.Huang, MPE Report 291, pp.141-144
arxiv created 2006/12/22 · openalex publication_date 2006/12/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate a pair creation cascade in the magnetosphere of a rapidly rotating neutron star. We solve the set of the Poisson equation for the electro-static potential and the Boltzmann equations for electrons, positrons, and gamma-ray photons simultaneously. In this paper, we first examine the time-dependent nature of particle accelerators by solving the non-stationary Boltzmann equations on the two-dimensional poloidal plane in which both the rotational and magnetic axes reside. Evaluating the temperature of the heated polar cap surface, which is located near the magnetic pole, by the bombardment of gap-accelerated particles, and applying the scheme to millisecond pulsar parameters, we demonstrate that the solution converges to a stationary solution of which pair-creation cascade is maintained by the heated polar-cap emission, in a wide range of three-dimensional parameter space (period, period derivative, magnetic inclination angle). We also present the deathlines of millisecond pulsars.