Bhattacharya, D and Shukre, CS (1985) Has the Crab Pulsar Magnetic-Field Grown After its Birth. In: Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 6 (4). pp. 233-237.
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Abstract
We investigate the evolution of rotation period and spindown age of a pulsar whose surface magnetic field undergoes a phase of growth. Application of these results to the Crab pulsar strongly indicates that its parameters cannot be accounted for by the field growth theories.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy |
| Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Additional Information: | The copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences. |
| Keywords: | pulsars,magnetic field pulsars,evolution —pulsars, individual. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Joint Astronomy Programme |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2009 10:27 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 05:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/20146 |
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