On the recently discovered pulsations from RX J1856.5-3754

✍ Scribed by N. Chkheidze; D. Lomiashvili

• Book ID: 104067599
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1384-1076
• DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2007.06.007

✦ Synopsis

An explanation of the recently discovered 7 s pulsations from the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 is presented. It is assumed that the real spin period of this source is %1 s, whereas the observed spin-modulation is caused by the presence of a nearly transverse, very low frequency drift waves in the pulsar magnetosphere. It is supposed that the period of the drift wave is equal to a recently observed one. The simulated lightcurve is plotted, the angular parameters are defined and the value of the pulsed fraction of only $1.2% is explained.