Origin of pulsed emission from the young supernova remnant SN 1987A

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Astronomical Models, Cavities, Electromagnetic Pulses, Stellar Luminosity, Supernova 1987A, Synchrotron Radiation, Brightness Temperature, Light Emission, Magnetospheres, Pulsars, Unsteady Flow

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To overcome difficulties in understanding the origin of the submillisecond optical pulses from SN 1987A a model similar to that of Kundt and Krotscheck for pulsed synchrotron emission from the Crab was applied. The interaction of the expected ultrarelativistic e+ or - pulsar wind with the pulsar dipole electromagnetic wave reflected from the walls of a pulsar cavity within the SN 1987A nubula can generate pulsed optical emission with efficiency at most etamax is approximately equal to 10-3. The maximum luminosity of the source is reproduced and other observational constraints can be satisfied for an average wind energy flow is approximately equal to 1038 erg/(s steradian) and for electron Lorentz factor gamma is approximately equal to 105. This model applied to the Crab yields pulsations of much lower luminosity and frequency.

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