Seminars in the Section of AAM

Current sheets in ideal force-free magnetospheres

03 Apr 2017
Ioannis Contopoulos
KEAEM, Academy of Athens
14:00, Observatory Lab.

Abstract:

I will begin with an introduction on the force-free limit of ideal relativistic MHD, and its applications in ideal pulsar and black hole magnetospheres. I will discuss the relevant numerical techniques and their limitations. I will then discuss the importance of dissipation in astrophysical magnetospheres and will present our latest results on the equatorial current sheet in pulsars.

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