Radiation Dosimetry of Binary Pulsars

Details Radiation Dosimetry of Binary Pulsars Radiation Dosimetry of Binary Pulsars

1995-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9508015v1

Astrophys.J. 458 (1996) 275

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in The Astrophysical Journal. Plain TeX file, 8 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/176810

Companion stars exposed to high energy radiation from a primary neutron star or accreting black hole can experience significant spallation of their heavy elements, so that their atmospheres would be extremely rich in lithium, beryllium, and especially boron. In this paper we note that the detection or non-detection of these elements, and their relative abundances if detected, would provide a diagnostic of the high energy output of the primary, and possibly the shock acceleration of particles at the companion's bow shock in a pulsar wind.

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