X-ray Polarization Signatures from Pulsars

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Sep 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011head...12.2402b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #12, #24.02

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Pulsars and magnetars are among the most powerful compact objects in the stellar mass range observed in the Milky Way. The presence of a strong magnetic field in these classes of neutron stars is a powerful anisotropizing agent. Accordingly, the inherently anisotropic environs of their magnetospheres and atmospheres seeds strongly polarized X-ray emission, whose signatures should be observable with GEMS and future polarimetry initiatives. This talk summarizes some of the expectations for polarization from non-thermal emission processes in pulsar magnetospheres. These include curvature and synchrotron emission, and highlight how phase-resolved polarimetry provides insights into the pulsar emission process and geometry.

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