The X-ray jet in the Crab Nebula: radical implications for pulsar theory?

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2002-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204481v1

ApJ 562, 494 (2001)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages

Scientific paper

10.1086/323436

The recent Chandra image of the Crab nebula shows a striking, axisymmetric polar jet. It is shown that jets are formed in axisymmetric, magnetized pulsar winds and that the jet luminosity scales relative to the total as (\gamma_0\sigma_{eq})^{-4/3}, where \sigma_{eq} is the ratio of Poynting flux to particle kinetic energy output at the equator at the base of the flow and \gamma_0 the initial Lorentz factor of the flow. The results are applied to the image of the Crab nebula, and the limit is set for the Crab pulsar of \sigma_{eq} \leq 100. It is argued that conventional pulsar theory needs to be reexamined in light of these limits.

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