ON THE ELECTRIC-CURRENT DISTRIBUTION IN POYNTING-DOMINATED OUTFLOWS

Authors
LYUBARSKII YE
Citation
Ye. Lyubarskii, ON THE ELECTRIC-CURRENT DISTRIBUTION IN POYNTING-DOMINATED OUTFLOWS, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 285(3), 1997, pp. 604-606
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
285
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
604 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1997)285:3<604:OTEDIP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
An ultrarelativistic wind generated by a rotating, strongly magnetized object (neutron star, accretion disc or black hole) is considered. It is shown that the self-consistent solution requires a singular electr ic current to flow along the axis of symmetry.