Modelling energy-dependent pulsar light curves
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2018-08-22 v1
Abstract
In recent years, surprise discoveries of pulsed emission from the Crab and Vela pulsars above 100 GeV have drawn renewed attention to this largely unexplored region of the energy range. In this paper, we discuss example light curves due to curvature emission, with good resolution in the different energy bands. Continued light curve modelling may help to discriminate between different emission mechanisms, as well as constrain the location where emission is produced within the pulsar magnetosphere, including regions beyond the light cylinder.
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@article{arxiv.1710.08677,
title = {Modelling energy-dependent pulsar light curves},
author = {Christo Venter and Monica Barnard and Alice K. Harding and Constantinos Kalapotharakos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08677},
year = {2018}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures, Conference Proceedings IAU Symposium: Pulsar Astrophysics The Next 50 Years