The dependence of observed gamma-ray pulsar spectra on viewing geometry

2002/05/15 by Agnieszka Wozna, Jaroslaw Dyks, J. Dyks +8
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0205224

4 pages, 5 Postscript figures, use moriond.sty, latex2e and dvips2e, to apear in the proceedings of the 22nd Moriond Astrophysics Meeting, Les Arcs 2002

arxiv created 2002/05/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We calculate the gamma-ray lightcurves and spectra of rotation powered pulsars for a wide range of observer's viewing angles, and inclination angles of the magnetic axis to the rotation axis. We show how the shapes of the observed phase-averaged spectra as well as energy-integrated pulse profiles depend on the orientation for classical and millisecond pulsars.

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