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Gamma-Ray Pulsar Emission Models
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
With the increased sensitivity of gamma-ray detectors on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) the number of presently known gamma-ray pulsars has grown. The new detections are beginning to provide clues to the origin of the high-energy radiation in the form of emerging patterns and correlations among observed quantities such as gamma-ray efficiency and spectral index vs. age. But there are still many questions about the location of the emission and its relation to the radio, optical and X-ray pulses. This paper will review models for gamma-ray emission from pulsars and will examine how well the detailed predictions of these models account for the existing observations.
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- Part 5 High Energy Phenomena
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress , 1996 , pp. 315 - 322
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996
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