Optical polarimetry of the inner Crab nebula and pulsar

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2564-2575

  Moran, P ^a   Shearer, A ^a   Mignani, R P ^b,c,d   Slowikowska A ^d   De Luca, A ^c,e   Gouiffes C ^f,g   Laurent, P ^f,h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^f CEA SACLAY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Polarization; Pulsars: general; Pulsars: individual: the Crab pulsar; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal; Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETERS; PULSARS; SHELLFISH;

CRAB NEBULA; DC COMPONENTS; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; OPTICAL POLARIMETRY; POSITION ANGLE; PULSARS: GENERAL; PULSARS: INDIVIDUAL: THE CRAB PULSAR; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; STARS: NEUTRONS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84896693662     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stt931     Document Type: Article

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