Pulsar High-Energy Emission From the Polar Cap and Slot Gap
| dc.creator | Harding, Alice K. | |
| dc.date | 2007-10-18 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:37:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:37:05Z | |
| dc.description | Forty years after the discovery of rotation-powered pulsars, we still do not understand many aspects of their pulsed emission. In the last few years there have been some fundamental developments in acceleration and emission models. I will review both the basic physics of the models as well as the latest developments in understanding the high-energy emission of rotation-powered pulsars, with particular emphasis on the polar-cap and slot-gap models. Special and general relativistic effects play important roles in pulsar emission, from inertial frame-dragging near the stellar surface to aberration, time-of-flight and retardation of the magnetic field near the light cylinder. Understanding how these effects determine what we observe at different wavelengths is critical to unraveling the emission physics. I will discuss how current and future X-ray and gamma-ray detectors can test the predictions of these models. | |
| dc.description | 23 pages, 8 Figures, Invited Review at 363-Heraeus-Seminar on Neutron Stars and Pulsars, ed. W. Becker | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3517 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.3517 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/140281 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Pulsar High-Energy Emission From the Polar Cap and Slot Gap | |
| dc.type | text |