Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975apj...195..743s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, vol. 195, Feb. 1, 1975, pt. 1, p. 743-749.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Models, Cosmic Rays, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Rotation, Braking, Gravitational Collapse, Milky Way Galaxy, Particle Acceleration, Stellar Radiation, White Dwarf Stars
Scientific paper
A slowly braked, rotating neutron star is believed to be a star which rapidly rotates, has no nebula, is nonpulsing, and has a long initial braking time of ten thousand to a million years because of a low magnetic field. Such an object might be observable as an extended weak source of infrared or radio wave radiation due to the scattering of low-frequency strong-wave photons by accelerated electrons. If these objects exist abundantly in the Galaxy, they would act as sources of relatively low-energy cosmic rays. Pulsars (rapidly braked neutron stars) are shown to have difficulties in providing an adequate amount of cosmic-ray matter, making these new sources seem necessary. The possibility that the acceleration mechanism around a slowly braked star may be not a direct acceleration by the strong wave but an acceleration due to plasma turbulence excited by the strong wave is briefly explored. It is shown that white dwarfs may also be slowly braked stars with braking times longer than 3.15 million years.
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