Tachyonic synchrotron radiation from γ-ray pulsars

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Feb 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aph....23..117t&link_type=abstract

Astroparticle Physics, Volume 23, Issue 1, p. 117-129.

Physics

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95.30.Gv, 41.60.Ap, 97.60.Gb

Scientific paper

Superluminal radiation emitted by electrons orbiting in strong magnetic fields is investigated. We show that electrons gyrating in the surface fields of rotation-powered neutron stars can radiate superluminal quanta (tachyons) via the synchrotron mechanism. The tachyonic luminosity of γ-ray pulsars is inferred from COMPTEL and EGRET observations, and so is the magnetospheric electron population generating this radiation. In the surface fields, electromagnetic synchrotron radiation in the γ-ray band is suppressed by a quantum cutoff, but not so tachyonic γ-radiation. This provides an exceptional opportunity to search for tachyon radiation, unspoiled by electromagnetic emission. Estimates of the superluminal power radiated and the tachyonic count rates are obtained for each of the seven established γ-ray pulsars, the Crab and Vela pulsars, as well as PSR B1706-44, Geminga, PSR B1055-52, B1951+32, and B1509-58. Detection mechanisms such as tachyonic ionization and Compton scattering are analyzed with regard to superluminal γ-rays.

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