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On the origin and parameters of the pulsar-like white dwarf in AE Aquarii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Nazar R. Ikhsanov*
Affiliation:
Pulkovo Observatory, Pulkovo 65/1, St. Petersburg 196140, Russia

Abstract

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The rapid braking on the white dwarf in the close binary AE Aqr can be explained in terms of the canonical pulsar mechanism provided the magnetic moment of the star μ ∼ 1.5 × 1034 G cm3. The scenario for the origin of the fast rotating (Ps = 33 s), magnetized white dwarf, which is based on the magnetic field amplification in differentially rotating stars, is presented.

Type
Part 9. Population and Neutron Star Properties
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

References

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