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A Model for the Spatial Distribution of Relativistic Electrons in the Crab Nebula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

E. Amato
E. Amato*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Florence, Largo E. Fermi 5, I-50125, Firenze, Italy

Abstract

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A model for the spatial distribution of relativistic electrons in the Crab Nebula is proposed. Particles injected in the vicinity of the pulsar propagate in a magnetic field of time-dependent but spatially constant intensity. A good description of the nebular synchrotron emission, from radio to X-ray frequencies, is obtained if particle diffusion with respect to the azimuthal field lines is taken into account.

Type
Part II: Posters
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 195: Highly Energetic Physical Processes and Mechanisms , 2000 , pp. 371 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000 

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