Open AccessStrange pulsar hypothesis
Author(s) -
Ray Mandal Raka Dona,
Sinha Monika,
Bagchi Manjari,
Konar Sushan,
Dey Mira,
Dey Jishnu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09822.x
Subject(s) - physics , pulsar , astrophysics , magnetic field , stars , limiting , astronomy , neutron star , millisecond pulsar , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering , engineering
It appears that there is a genuine shortage of radio pulsars with surface magnetic fields significantly smaller than ∼10 8 G. We propose that the pulsars with very low magnetic fields are actually strange stars locked in a state of minimum free energy and therefore at a limiting value of the magnetic field which cannot be lowered by the system spontaneously.