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Implications of the Optical Observations of Isolated Neutron Stars

Author(s) -

A. Shearer,

Aaron Golden

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/318401

Subject(s) - pulsar , neutron star , astrophysics , physics , flux (metallurgy) , magnetic field , stars , astronomy , chemistry , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics

We show that observations of pulsars with pulsed optical emission indicatethat the peak flux scales according to the magnetic field strength at the lightcylinder. The derived relationships indicate that the emission mechanism iscommon across all of the observed pulsars with periods ranging from 33ms to 385ms and ages of 1000-300,000 years. It is noted that similar trends exist for$\gamma$ ray pulsars. Furthermore the model proposed by Pacini (1971) anddeveloped by Pacini and Salvati (1983,1987) still has validity and gives anadequate explanation of the optical phenomena.Comment: 23 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa

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