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A Magnetic Dipole Model for the Crab Explosion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

J. P. Ostriker
J. P. Ostriker*
Affiliation:
Princeton University Observatory, Princeton, N.J., U.S.A.

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Dr. Ostriker suggested that the main features of the Crab Nebula, in particular the value of its magnetic field and the energy of the particles, could be derived very simply and directly from the known characteristics of the pulsar. The link was through the radiation from a spinning dipole. The following summary was prepared by the Editors.

Type
Session 7
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 46: The Crab Nebula , 1971 , pp. 392 - 393
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971