Relativistic Rotating Electromagnetic Fields

Figure 3

Contours of revolution surfaces around the vertical axis of constant charge density measured in the reference frame at rest with the vertical axis, on the left for a rigid rotating magnetic dipole (Equation (56)); the cases of differential rotation are shown on the center and left, respectively, for charge densities (Equations (59) and (62)). The green curve corresponds to , blue is for , red for , and magenta for . These examples suggest that magnetospheres around astrophysical objects may be quite diverse. Figures were plotted using , , and .

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