The wisps in the Crab - A cosmic laser

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Sep 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977a%26a....60l..19k&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 60, no. 2, Sept. 1977, p. L19-L22.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Crab Nebula, Lasers, Pulsars, Relativistic Plasmas, Stimulated Emission, Supernova Remnants, Cosmic X Rays, Gamma Rays, Nonthermal Radiation, Radio Sources (Astronomy)

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Observational data on nonthermal optical, radio, and X radiation from the Crab Nebula are reviewed. The origin of the wisps in the vicinity of the pulsar is considered, and it is proposed that the wisps represent stimulated optical synchro-Compton (laser) radiation from periodically injected electrons and positrons at the inner edge of the nebula. A quantitative estimate of the laser effect is given.

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