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High Magnetic Field Rotation-powered Pulsars
Anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft gamma repeaters have recently emerged as a
unified class of neutron stars, identified by dramatic X-ray and gamma-ray
outbursts and via luminous X-ray pulsations, both thought to be powered by the
decay of an enormous internal magnetic field. This "magnetar" hypothesis has
raised the question of these objects' physical relationship with conventional
rotation-powered pulsars (RPPs). The highest magnetic-field RPPs might
therefore be expected to be transition objects between the two populations. The
recently reported magnetar-like outburst of PSR J1846-0258, previously thought
to be purely rotation-powered, clearly supports this suggestion. Here we review
the observational properties of the highest magnetic-field RPPs known, and show
some common characteristics that are notable among RPPs, which are plausibly
related to their high fields. Using these objects, we consider the evidence for
proposed "magneto-thermal evolution" in neutron stars, and argue that while
some exists, it is not yet conclusive.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, Conference proceeding of "ASTROphysics of Neutron
Stars 2010 -- a conference in honor of M. Ali Alpar", 2-6 August 2010, Cesme,
Izmir, Turke
Some Experimental Signatures to look for Time-reversal Violating superconductors
We discuss some experimental signatures associated with the topological
structures of unconventional superconductor order parameters of form
, where , or . Specifically, we study
the topological surface states on the and equivalent surfaces of such
superconductors which are observable in Andreev tunneling experiments, as well
as evaluate the magnetic flux trapped in superconducting rings of such
superconductors with multiple grain-boundary Josephson junctions. Previous
experiments are examined and several new experiments suggested.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure
Reestimation of the production spectra of cosmic ray secondary positrons and electrons in the ISM
A detailed calculation of the production spectra of charged hadrons produced by interactions of cosmic rays in the interstellar medium is presented along with a thorough treatment of pion and muon decays. Newly parameterized inclusive cross sections of hadrons were used and exact kinematic limitations were taken into account. Single parametrized expressions for the production spectra of both secondary positrons and electrons in the energy range .1 to 100 GeV are presented. The results are compared with other authors' predictions. Equilibrium spectra using various models are also presented
Fitting Pulsar Wind Tori. II. Error Analysis and Applications
We have applied the torus fitting procedure described in Ng & Romani (2004)
to PWNe observations in the Chandra data archive. This study provides
quantitative measurement of the PWN geometry and we characterize the
uncertainties in the fits, with statistical errors coming from the fit
uncertainties and systematic errors estimated by varying the assumed fitting
model. The symmetry axis of the PWN are generally well determined, and
highly model-independent. We often derive a robust value for the spin
inclination . We briefly discuss the utility of these results in
comparison with new radio and high energy pulse measurementsComment: 15 pages, 3 figures, ApJ in pres
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