Constraints on fall-back disks in radio pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
Calculations have been made of fall-back disk heating by the pulsar wind as distinct from the soft X-rays emitted by the neutron-star surface. The relation between these heating rates and measured near-infrared fluxes in the K and Ks bands places severe constraints on the inner radii of any fall-back disks that may be present in radio pulsars and in some anomalous X-ray pulsars. The lower limits found are so large that the disks concerned can have no significant effect on pulsar spin-down.
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@article{arxiv.0802.0390,
title = {Constraints on fall-back disks in radio pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars},
author = {P. B. Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.0390},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To be published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society