On Pair Production in the Crab Pulsar

Details On Pair Production in the Crab Pulsar On Pair Production in the Crab Pulsar

1998-08-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808047v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted for publication in ApJ Letters; 4 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/311610

We consider the widespread assumption that coherent pulsar radio emission is based on extended pair production leading to plasma densities highly exceeding the Goldreich-Julian density. We show as an example that the observed low frequency (160 MHz) emission of the Crab pulsar is incompatible to the model of extended pair production. Our results rule out significant pair production if a plasma process is responsible for coherence and the radio emission originates from inside the light cylinder.

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