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具有脉冲间的电子星布居及其对束流演化的影响

The population of pulsars with interpulses and the implications for beam evolution

Patrick Weltevrede, Simon Johnston

摘要:

所观察到的分数与interpulses,它们的周期分布和所观察到的脉冲宽度与脉冲周期的相关性被证明是不一致的模型,其中的角度α之间的磁轴和旋转轴是随机的。这个结论似乎是不可避免的,即使考虑非圆形梁。然而,允许磁轴从出生时的随机分布以7000万年的时间尺度排列,可以很好地解释这些观测结果。得出的时间尺度是一致的,通过独立的方法。脉冲星射束与视线相交的概率是角度α的函数,因此射束演化对演化模型和中子星总数的估计具有重要意义。自旋下降速率的标准公式的有效性,这是独立的α似乎是值得怀疑的。

英文摘要:

The observed fraction of pulsars with interpulses, their period distribution and the observed pulse width versus pulse period correlation is shown to be inconsistent with a model in which the angle alpha between the magnetic axis and the rotation axis is random. This conclusion appears to be unavoidable, even when non-circular beams are considered. Allowing the magnetic axis to align from a random distribution at birth with a timescale of 70 Myrs years can, however, explain those observations well. The timescale derived is consistent with that obtained via independent methods. The probability that a pulsar beam intersects the line of sight is a function of the angle alpha and therefore beam evolution has important consequences for evolutionary models and for estimations of the total number of neutron stars. The validity of the standard formula for the spin-down rate, which is independent of alpha appears to be questionable.

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