Unpulsed optical emission from the Crab pulsar

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Abstract

Using the high speed 2-d TRIFFID photometer, we have obtained phase resolved photometry of the Crab pulsar in UBV that allows us to flux the unpulsed light curve component. Following de-extinction, weighted least-square fitting indicates a power-law exponent of alpha = -0.62 + - 0.49. This is steeper than that reported for the peak components and its origin remains unclear with respect to contemporary magnetospheric theory.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Title of host publicationPulsar Astronomy - 2000 And Beyond: IAU Colloquium 177
Place of PublicationBonn, Germany
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2000

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  • Golden, A;Shearer, A;Beskin, G

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