(Animation) Simulation of Pulsar's Possible Quadripole Magnetic Field (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

(Animation) Simulation of Pulsar's Possible Quadripole Magnetic Field

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Simulation of a possible quadrupole magnetic field configuration for a pulsar with hot spots in only the southern hemisphere.

View animated GIF: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pulsar_magnetosphere_model_web.gif

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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