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High-energy accelerators above pulsar polar caps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. X. Xu ,
G. J. Qiao  and
B. Zhang
R. X. Xu
Affiliation:
CAS-PKU joint Beijing Astrophysical Center and Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Beijing 100781, China
G. J. Qiao
Affiliation:
CAS-PKU joint Beijing Astrophysical Center and Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Beijing 100781, China
B. Zhang
Affiliation:
CAS-PKU joint Beijing Astrophysical Center and Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Beijing 100781, China

Abstract

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Similar to the terrestrial collision accelerators of e±, another kind of accelerator is above a positively or negatively charged pulsar polar cap. In the case of pulsars with magnetic axis parallel (anti-parallel) to rotational axis, relativistic e+ (e−) with Lorentz factor γ ~ 106 hit the electrons in the polar caps. These scenarios are investigated both for pulsars being BSSs (bare strange stars) and for pulsars being NSs (neutron stars). Such a study may be valuable to differentiate NSs and BSSs observationally.

Type
Part 6. Emission and Plasma Theory
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 479 - 480
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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