类Crab脉冲星的三维磁层外隙模型
郑广生
1 张 力 1,2
(1. 香港大学物理系 香港)
(2. 云南大学物理系 昆明 650091)
摘 要
利用三维脉冲星磁层模型研究了磁层外隙的几何结构。首先用自洽模型确定“外隙”的垂直尺度,在该模型中外隙尺度受回流的外隙流(带有隙加速的带电粒子发射的曲率光子)加热极帽而产生的热光子的碰撞而成对生成所限。外隙的横向尺度也受本地对生成所限。在脉冲星的磁层中,原则上有两个拓扑分离的外隙,允许同时进入和流出粒子。不过,流入粒子流产生的辐射形态受隙中本地对生成和恒星附近的磁对生成的严格的制约。根据外隙及其本地结构的三维模型计算了类Crab脉冲星的辐射形态和相位分解谱。
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关键词 |
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射线:理论
- 脉冲星:一般
- 恒星:中子星
- 恒星:辐射 |
分类号 |
P145.6 |
A Three-dimensional Outer-magnetospheric
Gap Model for Crab-like Pulsars
Cheng K
S 1
Zhang L 1,2
(1. Department of Physics, the University of Hong Kong)
(2. Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091)
Abstract
We use a three dimensional pulsar magnetosphere model to study the
geometry of outer-magnetospheric gaps. The vertical size of the
“outer gap” is first determined by a self-consistent model in
which the outer gap size is limited by pair production from collisions
of thermal photons produced from polar cap heating by backflow outer
gap current with curvature photons emitted by gap accelerated charged
particles. The transverse size of the outer gap is also determined by
local pair production limits. In principle, there are two
topologically disconnected outer gaps in the magnetosphere of a
pulsar. Both incoming and outgoing particle flows are allowed.
However, the emission morphologies produced by incoming particle flow
is severely restricted by local pair production in the gap and the
absorption of magnetic pair production near the star. From the three
dimensional structure of the outer gap and its local properties, we
calculate the emission morphologies and
phase-resolved spectra of Crab-like pulsars. |
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Key words |
gamma
rays: theory - pulsars: general - stars: neutron - stars: radiation |
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