Pulsar Polar Cap Heating and Surface Thermal X‐Ray Emission. I. Curvature Radiation Pair Fronts

2001 ◽  
Vol 556 (2) ◽  
pp. 987-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice K. Harding ◽  
Alexander G. Muslimov
Keyword(s):  
Polar Cap ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Curvature Radiation

scholarly journals An Emission Line in the Hard X-Ray Spectrum of Hercules X-1: Quantized Cyclotron Emission from the Neutron Star

1977 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 34-34
Author(s):  
W. Pietsch ◽  
C. Reppin ◽  
R. Staubert ◽  
J. Truemper ◽  
W. Voges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Narrow Line ◽  
Electron Cyclotron Emission ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Astrophysical Application ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cyclotron Emission

A four hour balloon observation of HERC X-l during the 'On-state' in the 35 day cycle was performed on May 3rd, 1976. The 1.24 second pulsations show a pulsed fraction of 58 ± 8% in the 18-31 KeV interval. A pulsed flux (1.24 sec) was discovered in the 31-88 KeV interval with a pulsed fraction of 51 ± 14%. The spectrum of the pulsed flux can be represented up to 50 KeV by an exponential distribution with KT approximately 8 KeV. At approximately 58 KeV a strong and narrow line feature occurs which we interpret as electron cyclotron emission (ΔN = 1 Landau transition) from the polar cap plasma of the rotating neutron star. The corresponding magnetic field strength is approximately 5 x 1012 Gauss, neglecting gravitational red shift. There is evidence for a second harmonic at approximately 110 KeV (ΔN = 2 ).The astrophysical application of this discovery will be discussed in some detail.

scholarly journals The influence of small-scale magnetic field on the heating of J0250+5854 polar cap

2021 ◽  
Vol 2103 (1) ◽  
pp. 012034
Author(s):  
D P Barsukov ◽  
A A Matevosyan ◽  
I K Morozov ◽  
A N Popov ◽  
M V Vorontsov
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
Curvature Radiation ◽  
Cap Model ◽  
Star Surface ◽  
Primary Electrons

Abstract The influence of surface small-scale magnetic field on the heating of PSR J0250+5854 polar cap is considered. It is assumed that the polar cap is heated only by reverse positrons accelerated in pulsar diode. It is supposed that pulsar diode is located near the star surface (polar cap model) and operates in the steady state space charge-limited flow regime. The reverse positron current is calculated in the framework of two models: rapid and gradually screening. To calculate the production rate of electron-positron pairs we take into account only the curvature radiation of primary electrons and its absorption in magnetic field. It is assumed that some fraction of electron-positron pairs may be created in bound state that can later be photoionized by thermal photons from star surface.

scholarly journals Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

1996 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
Frits Paerels ◽  
Min Young Hur ◽  
Christopher W. Mauche
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
White Dwarf ◽  
Extreme Ultraviolet ◽  
Cataclysmic Variables ◽  
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy ◽  
Temperature Structure ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Ultraviolet Emission ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables

A longstanding problem in the interpretation of the X-ray and extreme ultraviolet emission from strongly magnetic cataclysmic variables can be addressed definitively with high resolution EUV spectroscopy. A detailed photospheric spectrum of the accretion-heated polar cap of the white dwarf is sensitive in principle to the temperature structure of the atmosphere. This may allow us to determine where and how the bulk of the accretion energy is thermalized. The EUVE data on AM Herculis and EF Eridani are presented and discussed in this context.

The polar CAP structure of the X-ray pulsar 4U 1538 - 52

1992 ◽  
Vol 395 ◽  
pp. 564 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Bulik ◽  
P. Meszaros ◽  
J. W. Woo ◽  
F. Hagase ◽  
K. Makishima
Keyword(s):  
Polar Cap ◽  
X Ray

Full Polar Cap Cascade Scenario: Gamma‐Ray and X‐Ray Luminosities from Spin‐powered Pulsars

2000 ◽  
Vol 532 (2) ◽  
pp. 1150-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Zhang ◽  
Alice K. Harding
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars: Polar Cap Flow and Centrifugally Driven Winds

1987 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 207-225
Author(s):  
Jonathan Arons
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Orbital Evolution ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Polar Caps ◽  
Basic Concepts

Some basic concepts of accretion onto the polar caps of magnetized neutron stars are reviewed. Preliminary results of new, multidimensional, time–dependent calculations of polar cap flow are outlined, and are used to suggest the possible observability of fluctuations in the X–ray intensity of accretion powered pulsars on time scales of 10–100 msec. The possible relevance of such fluctuations to Quasi–Periodic oscillations is suggested. Basic concepts of the interaction between a disk and the magnetosphere of a neutron star are also discussed. Some recent work on the disk–magnetosphere interaction is outlined, leading to the suggestion that a neutron star can lose angular momentum by driving some or all of the mass in the disk off as a centrifugally driven wind. The relevance of such mass loss to the orbital evolution of the binary is pointed out.

scholarly journals LOFAR observations of the mode-switching pulsar B0943+10

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (S337) ◽  
pp. 66-69
Author(s):  
Anna V. Bilous
Keyword(s):  
Radio Emission ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Single Pulse ◽  
Transparency Window ◽  
Mode Switching ◽  
Emission Region ◽  
Polar Cap ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Polar Gap ◽  
New Generation

AbstractPSR B0943+10 is an old non-recycled pulsar which for decades has been mostly known for its rapid and spontaneous radio mode switching. Recently, Hermsen et al. (2013) discovered correlated changes in the thermal X-ray emission from the polar cap, thus demonstrating that radio modes are not just a product of the local changes in the radio emission region, but a sign of some global magnetospheric transformation. At about the same time, owing to the commissioning of the new generation of low-frequency radio arrays, the broadband observations at the lowest edge of ionospheric transparency window became available. At these radio frequencies profile morphology and the single-pulse properties of PSR B0943+10’s emission become very dynamic, providing details not only about the emission itself, but also about the conditions in the polar gap. Here, I will present the recent results of the LOFAR observations of PSR B0943+10 and discuss their contribution to the multiwavelength picture.

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