Pulsar Kicks: Spin and Kinematic Constraints
| dc.creator | Romani, Roger W. | |
| dc.date | 2004-04-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:12:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:12:51Z | |
| dc.description | It has been noted that the Crab and Vela pulsar proper motions lie along the symmetry axes of their wind nebulae. In an effort to promote this observation to a serious test of kick physics, we are using CXO images and other data to estimate the angle between the proper motion and PWN (i.e. spin) axis for a number of pulsars. Here we give a progress report on this work and the constraints that these data provide on kick models. Present data suggest that a kick duration of tau_K~3s is sufficient to explain the alignment of most pulsars. This rules out E-M and hydrodynamic kick models, but is fairly consistent with proposed anisotropic neutrino emission. However, some objects, especially PSR J0538+2817 show such good alignment that even neutrino models are challenged. | |
| dc.description | To Appear in Proceedings of the 2004 Apsen Winter Conf. on Astrophysics, APS Conf Series, Rasio & Stairs, eds | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404100 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0404100 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/7599 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Pulsar Kicks: Spin and Kinematic Constraints | |
| dc.type | text |