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Estimates of the Surface Magnetic Field Strength of Radio Pulsars
We investigate the geometry of the magnetic field of rotation-powered
pulsars. A new method for calculating an angle () between the spin and
magnetic dipole axes of a neutron star (NS) in the ejector stage is considered
within the frame of the magnetic dipole energy loss mechanism. We estimate the
surface magnetic field strength () for a population of known
neutron stars in the radio pulsar (ejector) stage. The evaluated may differ by an order of magnitude from the values without
considering the angle . It is shown that lies in the
range -- for a known population of short and middle
periodic radio pulsars.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, 29 references. Published in Universe
in the Special Issue Remo Ruffini Festschrif