X-ray and gamma-ray radiation from the switched-off radiopulsars
Abstract
Pulsars which cease generating electron-positron avalanches feature magnetic dipole radiation that is transformed at the 'light radius' into hard radiation. The X-ray and gamma rays are produced in a plasma caused by ionization of interstellar neutral hydrogen. The dipole radiation pushes away interstellar material once the positron-electron avalanche ejection has stopped. However, interstellar neutral hydrogen is captured by the pulsar gravitational field and ionized by thermal (X-ray) radiation.
- Publication:
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Supernova Remnants and their X-ray Emission
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983IAUS..101..505T
- Keywords:
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- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Pulsars;
- Stellar Radiation;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Magnetic Dipoles;
- Stellar Magnetic Fields;
- Space Radiation