Modified pulsar spindown

I. Contopoulos; A. Spitkovsky

doi:10.1063/1.2347994

Modified pulsar spindown

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Abstract

We propose a new electromagnetic pulsar spindown law which takes into account the misalignment of the magnetic and rotation axes, and the magnetospheric particle acceleration gaps. We show that near the death line aligned rotators spin down much slower than orthogonal ones. We predict that the older pulsar population has preferentially smaller magnetic inclication angles, and we discuss a possible signature of such alignment in the existing pulsar data.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	RECENT ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society
Pages	301-308
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2347994
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th International Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society - Lixourion, Kefallinia Island, Greece Duration: Sep 8 2005 → Sep 11 2005

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	848
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	7th International Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Lixourion, Kefallinia Island
Period	9/8/05 → 9/11/05

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Pulsars-MHD

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Contopoulos, I & Spitkovsky, A 2006, Modified pulsar spindown. in RECENT ADVANCES IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS: 7th International Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 848, pp. 301-308, 7th International Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society, Lixourion, Kefallinia Island, Greece, 9/8/05. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2347994

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