Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022

In this paper, an alternative theoretical interpretation to the generally assumed thermal emission models of the observed X-ray spectrum of isolated pulsar RX J0420.0-5022 is presented. It is well-known that at a pulsar surface, the distribution function of relativistic particles is one-dimensional....

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Veröffentlicht in:Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics
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Hauptverfasser: Chkheidze, N., Babyk, Iu.
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description In this paper, an alternative theoretical interpretation to the generally assumed thermal emission models of the observed X-ray spectrum of isolated pulsar RX J0420.0-5022 is presented. It is well-known that at a pulsar surface, the distribution function of relativistic particles is one-dimensional. However, cyclotron instability causes an appearance of transverse momenta of relativistic electrons, which as a result start to radiate in the synchrotron regime. On the basis of the Vlasov kinetic equation we study the process of quasi-linear difusion (QLD) developed by means of the cyclotron instability. This mechanism enables the generation optical and X-ray emissions on the light cylinder lengthscales. An analysis of the three archival XMM-Newton observations of RX J0420.0-5022, is performed. Considering a different approach to synchrotron emission theory, a spectral energy distribution was obtained, which was in a good agreement with the observational data. A fit to the X-ray spectrum was conducted using both the present synchrotron emission model spectrum absorbed by cold interstellar matter, as well as the generally assumed black-body absorption model.
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Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022 / N. Chkheidze, Iu. Babyk // Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics. — 2013. — Т. 3., вип. 1. — С. 32-37. — Бібліогр.: 24 назв. — англ.
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In this paper, an alternative theoretical interpretation to the generally assumed thermal emission models of the observed X-ray spectrum of isolated pulsar RX J0420.0-5022 is presented. It is well-known that at a pulsar surface, the distribution function of relativistic particles is one-dimensional. However, cyclotron instability causes an appearance of transverse momenta of relativistic electrons, which as a result start to radiate in the synchrotron regime. On the basis of the Vlasov kinetic equation we study the process of quasi-linear difusion (QLD) developed by means of the cyclotron instability. This mechanism enables the generation optical and X-ray emissions on the light cylinder lengthscales. An analysis of the three archival XMM-Newton observations of RX J0420.0-5022, is performed. Considering a different approach to synchrotron emission theory, a spectral energy distribution was obtained, which was in a good agreement with the observational data. A fit to the X-ray spectrum was conducted using both the present synchrotron emission model spectrum absorbed by cold interstellar matter, as well as the generally assumed black-body absorption model.
The authors are grateful to Prof. George Machabeli for valuable discussions. The HEASARC online data archive at NASA/GSFC has been used extensively in this research. This research was supported by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation grant (12/31).
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Advances in Astronomy and Space Physics
Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
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spellingShingle Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
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Babyk, Iu.
title Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
title_full Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
title_fullStr Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
title_full_unstemmed Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
title_short Nonthermal emission model of isolated X-ray pulsar RX J0420.0-5022
title_sort nonthermal emission model of isolated x-ray pulsar rx j0420.0-5022
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