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The Non-Thermal Continuum from the Crab Nebula: The ‘Synchro-Compton’ Interpretation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

M. J. Rees
M. J. Rees*
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, U.K.

Abstract

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The continuum emission from the Crab Nebula may be radiation from relativistic electrons moving in the electromagnetic wave field radiated by the rotating magnetic dipole of the pulsar. This radiation, called Synchro-Compton radiation, would show ordering over the whole nebula, as is observed in measurements of polarisation. The properties of this radiation are described in an Appendix.

Type
Session 7
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 46: The Crab Nebula , 1971 , pp. 407 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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