Oscillation-induced gamma-ray emission from dead pulsars: a model for the delayed GeV emission in gamma-ray bursts
- 21 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 287 (3) , 671-680
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/287.3.671
Abstract
A sudden release of the internal energy of a neutron star can cause the oscillation of crustal platelets, which will result in a high potential drop between the magnetic field lines. This potential drop accelerates e± pairs in the magnetosphere and results in the emission of high-energy curvature radiation photons with energies of up to a few tens of GeV. We consider the radiation processes that take place in the stellar magnetosphere and compute the energy spectrum of particles escaping the magnetosphere.Keywords
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