Theory of Pulsar Winds
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
I discuss recent work on the nature of relativistic winds from Rotation Powered Pulsars, on the physics of how they transport energy from the central compact object to the surrrounding world, and how that energy gets converted into observable synchrotron emission.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0201439,
title = {Theory of Pulsar Winds},
author = {Jonathan Arons},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0201439},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in "Neutron Stars in Supernova Remnants" (ASP Conference Proceedings), eds P. O. Slane and B. M. Gaensler