Table 1.

Electric potential drop, total electric current associated to the Alfvén wing.

Name U I Δa/year Δe/year

Unit (V) (A) (W) (m.yr−1) (yr−1) (m5/2⋅s −1)
PSR 1257+12 a 4.0 1010 1.1 108 3.4 1018 1.5 10−7 0 2.1 103
PSR 1257+12 b 1.3 1011 3.4 108 3.4 1019 1.3 10−8 3.3 10−21 3.4 102
PSR 1257+12 c 9.7 1010 2.6 108 1.9 1019 1.0 10−8 2.8 10−21 3.5 102
PSR 1620-26 a 1.9 1010 3.0 107 2.8 1017 6.7 10−11 0 1.1 102
PSR 1s b 10,000 km 8.4 109 2.2 107 1.5 1017 6.3 10−9 0 9.9 101
PSR 10ms 100 km 1.6 108 4.2 105 5.1 1013 2.6 10−8 3.1 10−19 1.7 102
PSR 10ms 1 km 1.6 106 4.2 103 5.1 109 2.6 10−6 3.1 10−17 1.7 104
PSR 1s b 100 km 1.6 108 4.2 105 5.1 1013 2.6 10−6 3.1 10−17 1.7 104
PSR 1s b 1 km 1.6 106 4.2 103 5.1 109 2.6 10−4 3.1 10−15 1.7 106

Note. Electrical energy dissipated in the Alfvén wing. Variation per (terrestrial) year of the semi-major axis, variation of the eccentricity, per year, Δe/year), and the coefficient that scales these computations.

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