1999/09/29 by R. X. Xu, Xu, R. X., G. J . Qiao +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9909485
2 pages, no figures, LaTeX, Contribution to IAU Colloquium 177: Pulsar Astronomy -- 2000 and Beyond
arxiv created 1999/09/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Similar to the terrestrial collision accelerators of electron-antielectron, another kind of accelerator is above a positively or negatively charged pulsar polar cap. In the case of pulsars with magnetic axis parallel (anti-parallel) to rotational axis, relativistic antielectron (electron) with Lorentz factor about 106 hit the electrons in the polar caps. These scenarios are investigated both for pulsars being bare strange stars and for pulsars being neutron stars. Such a study may be valuable to differentiate neutron stars and bare strange stars observationally.