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Synchrotron Radiation in High Magnetic Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

D. F. Falla  and
A. Evans
D. F. Falla
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.
A. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.

Abstract

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We suggest that if there exist within the Crab Nebula localised condensations of material containing high magnetic fields, (≫ 1 G), the rapidly evolving synchrotron radiation power spectrum emitted by a single electron can give a radiation continuum with a spectral index having a unique value similar to that observed in the optical and low-energy X-ray regions. One implication of this result is that a simple comparison between the observed fluxes of optical and gamma radiation emitted by the Nebula is no longer meaningful, so that one cannot draw any immediate conclusion regarding the fundamental mechanism of electron and gamma ray production.

Type
Session 5
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 46: The Crab Nebula , 1971 , pp. 314 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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