The optical polarization of the Crab Pulsar

Details The optical polarization of the Crab Pulsar The optical polarization of the Crab Pulsar

Jul 1988

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 233, July 15, 1988, p. 305-319.

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Crab Nebula, Emission Spectra, Optical Polarization, Pulsars, Background Radiation, Polarization Characteristics, Radio Emission, Relativistic Particles

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The optical polarizations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar has been remeasured, using a new determination of the polarization of the background emission from the nebula. The emission from the pulsar at minimum light is 47 + or - 10 percent polarized at position angle 130 deg. The polarization characteristics of the two pulse components are remarkably similar. The observations support a model in which optical and other high-energy radiation is emitted from close to the light cylinder, the two pulses corresponding to the two magnetic poles in a nearly orthogonal rotator.

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