Abrupt acceleration of a ‘cold’ ultrarelativistic wind from the Crab pulsar

F. A. Aharonian (), S. V. Bogovalov and D. Khangulyan
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F. A. Aharonian: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Cosmic Physics, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
S. V. Bogovalov: National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI), Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia
D. Khangulyan: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/JAXA, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan

Nature, 2012, vol. 482, issue 7386, 507-509

Abstract: Observations of γ-rays from the Crab pulsar suggest that the energy of the pulsar wind changes from electromagnetic to kinetic over a relatively short distance close to the light cylinder of the pulsar.

Date: 2012
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