Investigations into the behaviour of Plasma surrounding Pulsars: DYMPHNA3D

Ronan Rochford, John McDonald, Andy Shearer

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Abstract

We report on a new 3D fully relativistic, modular, parallel and scalable Particle-In-Cell (PIC) code currently being developed at the Computational Astrophysics Laboratory in the National University of Ireland, Galway and its initial test applications to the plasma distribution in the vicinity of a rapidly rotating neutron star. We find that Plasma remains confined by trapping surfaces close to the star as opposed to propagating to a significant portion of the light-cylinder distance as predicted in this early work. We discuss planned future modifications and applications of the developed code.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRadio Pulsars
Subtitle of host publicationAn Astrophysical Key to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Pages306-307
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventRadio Pulsars: An Astrophysical Key to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe - Chia (Sardinia), Italy
Duration: 10 Oct 201015 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1357
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceRadio Pulsars: An Astrophysical Key to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityChia (Sardinia)
Period10/10/1015/10/10

Keywords

  • Neutron Star
  • PIC
  • Plasma
  • Pulsar

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