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Comparison of pulsar parameters for some anomalous types

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2020-04-20 v1

Abstract

The comparative analysis of parameters is carried out for two samples of radio pulsars. Objects of the first sample have periods P > 2 sec, the second is characterized by magnetic fields at the neutron star surface Bs>4.4×1013Bs > 4.4\times10^{13} G. The main goal of this analysis is to find some differences between normal pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXP) and soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGR) with the similar values of periods and magnetic fields. It is shown that the dependence of period derivatives on periods for pulsars with long periods is dP/dtP1.67dP/dt \propto P^{1.67}. This means that we must search for another braking mechanism differing from the magnetic dipole one which gives dP/dtP1dP/dt \propto P^{-1} or use some specific distributions of parameters. On the other hand, radio pulsars with strong magnetic fields and AXP/SGR can be described by the magnetic dipole model. Radio pulsars with P > 2 sec have ages on average two orders of magnitude higher than objects with Bs>4.4×1013Bs > 4.4 \times 10^{13} G and are located much higher above the Galactic plane. The obtained results show that the main feature of AXP/SGR is the strong magnetic field and not the large period.

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@article{arxiv.2004.08229,
  title  = {Comparison of pulsar parameters for some anomalous types},
  author = {I. F. Malov and H. P. Marozava},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.08229},
  year   = {2020}
}

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22 pages, 27 figures

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