OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Goldreich-Julian density

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Stellar astrophysics Stellar evolution Neutron star Pulsar Pulsar magnetosphere Corotating pulsar magnetosphere
2026-09-28  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
The Goldreich-Julian density is the charge density needed to support corotation in an idealized pulsar magnetosphere. Where exterior currents vanish,
ρGJ​=−2πcΩ⋅B​
(1)
in Gaussian units.

 Ancestors (10)

  1. Corotating pulsar magnetosphere
  2. Pulsar magnetosphere
  3. Pulsar
  4. Neutron star
  5. Stellar evolution
  6. Stellar astrophysics
  7. Astrophysics
  8. Branch of physics
  9. Physics
  10.  Home

 Synonyms (1)

  • codex/goldreich-julian-charge-density

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook