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Are pulsars born as slow rotators?

1986; IOP Publishing; Volume: 304; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/164150

ISSN

1538-4357

Autores

Roger A. Chevalier, Robert T. Emmering,

Tópico(s)

Inertial Sensor and Navigation

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view Abstract Citations (49) References (20) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Are Pulsars Born as Slow Rotators? Chevalier, R. A. ; Emmering, R. T. Abstract The authors have modeled the observed properties of pulsars on the assumption that they evolve by emitting magnetic dipole radiation and have exponentially decaying magnetic fields. The observed properties are affected by the dependence of radio luminosity (L) on period (P) and period derivative (P). If one adopts the recently determined relation L ∝ P-1P1/3, then the observed period distribution is well fitted by a model which assumes flat initial distributions with initial periods ranging from 0.09 to 0.25 s. The authors have also estimated the distribution of pulsar z-velocities from observations and used it with their model to calculate the variation of pulsar number, period, and characteristic age with height z. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: May 1986 DOI: 10.1086/164150 Bibcode: 1986ApJ...304..140C Keywords: Magnetic Stars; Pulsars; Stellar Evolution; Stellar Rotation; Angular Velocity; Distribution Functions; Magnetic Dipoles; Stellar Models; Supernova Remnants; Astrophysics; NEBULAE: SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; PULSARS; STARS: MAGNETIC; STARS: ROTATION full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (12)

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