TY - JOUR

T1 - Radiative solutions for a rapidly rotating magnetised sphere

AU - Mukherjee, M.

AU - Tucker, Robin

PY - 1989/11/21

Y1 - 1989/11/21

N2 - Maxwell's equations in flat spacetime are solved for an isolated uniformly rotating magnetised sphere that can sustain convective and vorticity currents in the infinite conductivity limit. The study is motivated by the problem of accounting for the radiation from rapidly spinning compact stellar objects. Two types of magnetic interiors are considered to determine how the resultant radiation field departs from traditional point dipole magnetisation models. The torque reaction produced by the emitted radiation is calculated and the result compared with simpler models that have featured in the dynamics of pulsars.

AB - Maxwell's equations in flat spacetime are solved for an isolated uniformly rotating magnetised sphere that can sustain convective and vorticity currents in the infinite conductivity limit. The study is motivated by the problem of accounting for the radiation from rapidly spinning compact stellar objects. Two types of magnetic interiors are considered to determine how the resultant radiation field departs from traditional point dipole magnetisation models. The torque reaction produced by the emitted radiation is calculated and the result compared with simpler models that have featured in the dynamics of pulsars.

U2 - 10.1088/0305-4470/22/22/011

DO - 10.1088/0305-4470/22/22/011

M3 - Journal article

VL - 22

SP - 4797

EP - 4812

JO - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

JF - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

SN - 0305-4470

IS - 22

ER -