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A Monte Carlo Study of Gamma-Ray Pulsars in the Gould Belt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

P. Leung
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PRC
K. S. Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PRC
L. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming, PRC
Z. J. Jiang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming, PRC

Abstract

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We use Monte Carlo techniques to simulate the statistical properties of rotation-powered pulsars in the Gould Belt. The gamma-ray properties of these pulsars are calculated by using a self-consistent outer gap model and other pulsar properties, i.e., initial magnetic field and period, and velocity distribution of the neutrons stars at birth, are obtained from the statistics of radio pulsars. We obtain distributions of the magnetic inclination angle, period, distance and age for these gamma-ray pulsars in the Gould Belt.

Type
Part 9: Optical, X-ray and Gamma-ray Observations
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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