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Observational Constraints on the Pulsar Wind Model: The Cases of Crab and Vela

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Autor(es):
Coelho, Jaziel G. [1, 2] ; de Araujo, Jose C. N. [1] ; Ladislau, Samantha M. [1] ; Nunes, Rafael C. [1]
Número total de Autores: 4
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, Div Astrofis, Ave Astronautas 1758, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Tecnol Fed Parana, Dept Fis, BR-85884000 Medianeira, PR - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 2
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL; v. 920, n. 1 OCT 2021.
Citações Web of Science: 0
Resumo

As is well known, pulsars are extremely stable rotators. However, although slowly, they spindown thanks to brake mechanisms, which are in fact still a subject of intense investigation in the literature. Since pulsars are usually modeled as highly magnetized neutron stars that emit beams of electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles, it is reasonable to consider that the spindown has to do with a magnetic brake. Although an interesting and simple idea, a pure magnetic brake is not able to adequately account for the spindown rate. Thus, many alternative spindown mechanisms appear in the literature, among them the pulsar wind model, where the wind of particles coming from the pulsar itself can carry part of its rotational kinetic energy. Such a spindown mechanism depends critically on three parameters, namely, the dipole magnetic field (B), the angle between the magnetic and rotation axes (phi), and the density of primary particles (zeta) of the pulsar's magnetosphere. Differently from a series of articles in this subject, we consider for the first time in the literature a statistical modeling that includes a combination of a magnetic dipole and wind brakes. As a result, we are able to constrain the above referred parameters in particular for Crab and Vela pulsars. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 13/26258-4 - Matéria superdensa no universo
Beneficiário:Manuel Máximo Bastos Malheiro de Oliveira
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 15/15897-1 - Cherenkov Telescope Array - CTA
Beneficiário:Luiz Vitor de Souza Filho
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 18/18036-5 - Investigando aspectos físicos além do modelo padrão ligados aos temas de energia escura, gravidade modificada, neutrinos e ondas gravitacionais
Beneficiário:Rafael da Costa Nunes
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado