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Polarization of high-energy pulsar radiation in the striped wind model
J. Petri, J. Kirk
The Stokes parameters of the pulsed synchrotron radiation produced in the striped pulsar wind model are computed and compared with optical observations of the Crab pulsar. We assum…
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Dissipation in Pulsar Winds
J. G. Kirk
I review the constraints placed on relativistic pulsar winds by comparing optical and X-ray images of the inner Crab Nebula on the one hand with two-dimensional MHD simulations on…