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From Crab Pulsar to Magnetar?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

A. G. Lyne
A. G. Lyne*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK

Abstract

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We review the evolution of the Crab pulsar's rotational history during the past 35 years. Representing 3.7% of the pulsar's age, it is possible to estimate the likely development of the magnetic field and characteristic age much better than previously. The increasing magnetic field of this pulsar and of other young pulsars, most dramatically the Vela pulsar, raises the interesting possibility that these objects might evolve into magnetars. We discuss the observational case for such a proposal, but note that the origin of these field enhancements may be associated with glitch activity. However, it is understood no better than the origin of the magnetar fields, but may be one and the same.

Type
Part 5: Magnetars, Central Compact Objects and Isolated Neutron Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 218: Young Neutrons Stars and their Environments , 2004 , pp. 257 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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