Thermal radiation from hot polar cap in pulsars
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Thermal radiation from hot polar caps is examined in radio pulsars with drifting subpulses. It is argued that if these subpulses correspond to sparking discharges of the inner acceleration region right above the polar cap surface then a simple relationship between the observed subpulse drift rate in radio and thermal X-ray luminosity from the polar cap heated by sparks should exist. This relationship is derived and tested in pulsars for which an appropriate good quality data is available.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0612630,
title = {Thermal radiation from hot polar cap in pulsars},
author = {Janusz Gil and George Melikidze and Bing Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0612630},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the 363. WE-Heraeus Seminar on: Neutron Stars and Pulsars (Posters and contributed talks) Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany, May.14-19, 2006, eds. W.Becker, H.H.Huang, MPE Report 291, pp.20-23