Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981ap%26ss..79..203m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 79, no. 1, Sept. 1981, p. 203-211.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Compton Effect, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Inverse Scattering, Pulsars, Stellar Models, Synchrotron Radiation, Magnetic Fields, Polar Caps, Secondary Emission, Stellar Temperature, Thermal Radiation
Scientific paper
The physical conditions near the pulsar surface that might give rise to gamma-ray emission from the Crab and Vela pulsars are not yet well understood. Here it is suggested that, in the context of the vacuum discharge mechanism proposed by Ruderman and Sutherland (1975), gamma rays are produced by inverse Compton scattering of secondary electrons with the thermal radiation of the star surface as well as by curvature and synchrotron radiation. It is found that inverse Compton scattering is relevant if the neutron star surface temperature is greater than 10 to the 6th K or if the polar cap temperature is of the order of 5 x 10 to the 6th K. Inverse Compton scattering in anisotropic photon fields and Klein-Nishina regime is here carefully considered.
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