{
  "id": "1611.04331",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-11-14T10:50:23.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-11-14T10:50:23.000Z",
  "title": "Electrodynamics of pulsar magnetospheres",
  "authors": [
    "Benoît Cerutti",
    "Andrei Beloborodov"
  ],
  "comment": "31 pages, 11 figures, Accepted for publication in Space Science Reviews. Chapter in ISSI book on \"Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Gamma-ray Bursts\"",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "physics.plasm-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We review electrodynamics of rotating magnetized neutron stars, from the early vacuum model to recent numerical experiments with plasma-filled magnetospheres. Significant progress became possible due to the development of global particle-in-cell simulations which capture particle acceleration, emission of high-energy photons, and electron-positron pair creation. The numerical experiments show from first principles how and where electric gaps form, and promise to explain the observed pulsar activity from radio waves to gamma-rays.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-11-14T10:50:23.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "pulsar magnetospheres",
      "electric gaps form",
      "electron-positron pair creation",
      "numerical experiments",
      "capture particle acceleration"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "book chapter"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 31,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}