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Canuto 1971
Canuto, V., 1971: Radiation beaming in pulsars. In The Crab Nebula, International Astronomical Union Series. R.D. Davies and F.G. Smith, Eds., Springer Netherlands, vol. 46, pp. 455-456, doi:10.1007/978-94-010-3087-8_67.
It is usually considered that the beaming of the radiation coming out of a pulsar has to be strictly connected with the mechanism producing the radiation itself. We want to show that even when the emitting mechanism gives rise to an isotropically distributed radiation, the presence of a strong magnetic field will automatically beam the radiation preferentially along the magnetic field line rather than in any other direction. We have computed the Compton scattering and from that the opacity KH (K0 is the opacity for zero field). In Figure 1 the ratio KH/K0 is given vs. Θ, the angle between the propagation vector and the magnetic field axis. Hq is a critical magnetic field numerically equal to 4.41×1013 G; Ne is the electron density. For the ordinary wave the opacity is reduced at Θ=0, while it is unaffected at Θ = π/2 where KH→K0.
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@inbook{ca06920k,
author={Canuto, V.},
editor={Davies, R. D. and Smith, F. G.},
title={Radiation beaming in pulsars},
booktitle={The Crab Nebula},
year={1971},
volume={46},
pages={455--456},
publisher={Springer Netherlands},
address={Dordrecht},
series={International Astronomical Union Series},
doi={10.1007/978-94-010-3087-8_67},
}
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TY - CHAP ID - ca06920k AU - Canuto, V. ED - Davies, R. D. ED - Smith, F. G. PY - 1971 TI - Radiation beaming in pulsars BT - The Crab Nebula T3 - International Astronomical Union Series VL - 46 SP - 455 EP - 456 DO - 10.1007/978-94-010-3087-8_67 PB - Springer Netherlands CY - Dordrecht ER -
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