High‐Altitude Emission from Pulsar Slot Gaps: The Crab Pulsar
High‐Altitude Emission from Pulsar Slot Gaps: The Crab Pulsar
We present results of a 3D model of optical-to-γ-ray emission from the slot gap accelerator of a rotation-powered pulsar. Primary electrons accelerating to high altitudes in the unscreened electric field of the slot gap reach radiation reaction limited Lorentz factors of ~2 × 107, while electron-positron pairs from lower altitude …