On the interaction of a pulsar with the ambient medium utilizing X-ray images of the Crab nebula.
Abstract
In the quest to better understand the conversion of the Crab pulsar's rotational energy into synchrotron radiation a comparison was made between the measured soft X-ray brightness distribution of the Crab nebula with simulated data. The soft X-ray data obtained in 1979 by the High Resolution Imager on the EINSTEIN-Observatory was compared with the brightness distribution of a three-dimensional model based on theoretical concepts.
- Publication:
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On the interaction of a pulsar with the ambient medium utilizing X-ray images of the Crab nebula
- Pub Date:
- August 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989ipwa.book.....B