Magnetic alignment and counter-alignment in binary X-ray pulsars

Details Magnetic alignment and counter-alignment in binary X-ray pulsars Magnetic alignment and counter-alignment in binary X-ray pulsars

Mar 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981ssrv...30..341w&link_type=abstract

(European Space Agency, ESLAB Symposium on X-ray Astronomy, 15th, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 22-26, 1981.) Space Science Revie

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Angular Velocity, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Stellar Magnetic Fields, X Ray Sources, Dipole Moments, Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetospheres, Stellar Rotation

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It is shown that the magnetic torque exerted on a binary X-ray pulsar acts to decrease the angle between the dipole and spin axes during braking episodes and to increase the angle whenever spinup occurs. The probable effect on the X-ray pulse profiles is considered. It is noted that, in general, the magnetic stresses that act to spin the neutron star up or down will also change the orientation of the spin axis; that is, the torque will have components perpendicular as well as parallel to the star's angular velocity vector. The way in which these additional components may be estimated is illustrated, and the observational implications are discussed.

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