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Physical processes in pulsar magnetospheres and non-thermal high-frequency emission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Vladimir V. Usov*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel

Abstract

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The energy source of a pulsar’s non-thermal emission is the rotational energy loss of the neutron star. The rotational energy of the neutron star is transformed into the pulsar radiation by a long sequence of processes. The processes of this sequence are discussed.

Type
Part 5 High Energy Phenomena
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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