Published March 1, 2021 | Version v1
Journal article

Exploring the Energy-dependent Radiation Properties in Dissipative Magnetospheres with Fermi Pulsars

  • 1. Department of Astronomy, Yunnan University, Key Laboratory of Astroparticle Physics of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650091, Yunnan (China)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 650221, Yunnan (China)

Description

The equatorial current sheets outside the light cylinder (LC) are thought to be promising sites of high-energy emission based on the results of recent numerical simulations. We explore the pulsar light curves and energy spectra by computing the curvature radiation based on the FIDO magnetospheres. The FIDO magnetospheres with a near force-free regime inside the LC and a finite but high conductivity outside the LC are constructed using a spectral algorithm. The pulsar high-energy emission properties are explored by integrating the trajectories of the test particles under the influence of both the accelerating electric field and the curvature radiation losses. As an application, we compare the predicted energy-dependent light curves and energy spectra with those of the Crab and Vela pulsars published in the Fermi 2PC catalog. We find that the observed characteristics of the light curves and energy spectra from the Crab and Vela pulsars can be well reproduced by the FIDO model.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abdb24

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
909
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53081309
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CYLINDERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EMISSION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY SPECTRA; PULSARS; TEST PARTICLES
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; SIMULATION; SPECTRA