Magnetic fields of radio pulsars


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Abstract

The mechanism of magnetodipole braking of radio pulsars is used to calculate new values of the surface magnetic fields of neutron stars. The angles β between the spin axes and magnetic moments of the neutron stars were estimated for 376 radio pulsars using three different methods. It is shown that small inclinations of magnetic axes dominate. The equatorial magnetic fields for the considered sample of pulsars are calculated using the β values obtained. As a rule, these magnetic fields are a factor of a few higher than the corresponding values in known catalogs.

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E. B. Nikitina

Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory, Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: malov@prao.ru
Russian Federation, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290

I. F. Malov

Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory, Lebedev Physical Institute

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Email: malov@prao.ru
Russian Federation, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290

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