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Pulsar Activity and Supernova Remnant Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

V. Radhakrishnan
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore-560 080, India
G. Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore-560 080, India

Abstract

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We use the recently introduced concept of a “window” of magnetic field strengths in which pulsars can be active to explain the variation in morphology of supernova remnants. Neutron stars created with field strengths of a value permitting pulsar activity result in particle production and Crab-like centrally concentrated remnants. Other field values lead to strong magnetic dipole radiation and consequent shell formation, e.g., Cas A.

Type
IX. Pulsars and Supernovae
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1981 

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