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Radio Observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

F. D. Drake
F. D. Drake*
Affiliation:
Cornell-Sydney University Astronomy Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.

Abstract

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The radio properties of the Crab Nebula pulsar are reviewed. The pulsar lies at the centre of the Crab Nebula and has a period of 33 msec. Its increase in period with time releases an amount of energy which is equal in magnitude to the total radiated power. Instabilities in the period of the Crab pulsar have been discovered with timescales ranging from days to months. The length of the pulse increases at longer wavelengths due apparently to multipath propagation effects. A characteristic of the Crab pulsar is the great intensity of the occasional pulse.

Type
Session 2
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 46: The Crab Nebula , 1971 , pp. 73 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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