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Optical radiation from the crab pulsar
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Turk, J. S. Sturrock, P. A. Petrosian, V. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | Possible mechanisms for producing the optical radiation from the Crab pulsar are proposed and discussed. There are severe difficulties in interpreting the radiation as being produced by an incoherent process, whether it be synchrotron radiation, inverse-Compton radiation or curvature radiation. It is proposed therefore that radiation in the optical part of the spectrum is coherent. In the polar cap model, a small bunch of electrons and positrons forms near each primary electron as a result of the pair-production cascade process. Ambient electric fields give rise to energy separation, as a result of which either the electrons or positrons will dominate the radiation from each bunch. The roll-off in the infrared is ascribed to synchrotron absorption by electrons and positrons located between the surface of the star and the force-balance radius. Various consequences of this model, which may be subjected to observational test, are discussed. |
| File Size | 713431 |
| Page Count | 35 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740020194 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8hf2m99q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Sciences Models Compton Effect Electric Fields Synchrotron Radiation Pulsars Radiation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
