Inner vacuum gap formation and drifting subpulses in pulsars
| dc.creator | Gil, Janusz A. | |
| dc.creator | Melikidze, George I. | |
| dc.date | 2002-09-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:04:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:04:57Z | |
| dc.description | The problem of formation of the inner vacuum gap in neutron stars with ${\bfΩ}\cdot{\bf B}<0$ is considered. It is argued by means of the condition $T_i/T_s>1$, where $T_i$ is the melting temperature of surface $^{56}_{26}$Fe ions and $T_s$ is the actual temperature of the polar cap surface, that the inner vacuum gap can form, provided that the actual surface magnetic field is extremaly strong ($B_s\gtrsim 10^{13}$ G) and curved (${\cal R}<10^6$ cm), irrespective of the value of dipolar component measured from the pulsar spin down rate. The calculations are carried out for pulsars with drifting subpulses and/or periodic intensity modulations, in which the existence of the quasi steady vacuum gap discharging via ${\bf E}\times{\bf B}$ drifting sparks is almost unavoidable. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of the 270. WE-Heraeus Seminar on Neutron Stars, Pulsars and Supernova Remnants, Jan. 21-25, 2002, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, eds W. Becker, H. Lesch & J. Truemper. Proceedings are available as MPE-Report 278 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209030 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209030 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4958 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Inner vacuum gap formation and drifting subpulses in pulsars | |
| dc.type | text |