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Constraints on fall-back disks in radio pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars

P. B. Jones · 2008 · arXiv

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The lower limits found are so large that the disks concerned can have no significant effect on pulsar spin-down.

Abstract (excerpt)

Calculations have been made of fall-back disk 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 disks that may be present in radio pulsars and in some anomalous X-ray pulsars. The lower limits found are so large that the disks concerned can have no significant effect on pulsar spin-down.

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