2008/02/04 by P. B. Jones
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Neutron star #Optics #Physics #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #X-ray #X-ray pulsar #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13057.x
To be published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arxiv created 2008/02/04 · openalex publication_date 2008/03/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Calculations have been made of fall-back disc heating by the pulsar wind as distinct from the soft X-rays emitted by the neutron-star surface. The relation between these heating rates and measured near-infrared fluxes in the K and Ks bands places severe constraints on the inner radii of any fall-back discs that may be present in radio pulsars and in some anomalous X-ray pulsars. The lower limits found are so large that the discs concerned can have no significant effect on pulsar spin-down.