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Schematic of the typical pulsar geometry -the magnetic field axis is inclined with respect to the rotation axis. Three plausible locations for efficient particle acceleration in the pulsar magnetosphere are considered in models: the polar cap, slot gap and outer gap. The cylindrical shaded area represents the light cylinder -at this radius, particles co-rotating with the pulsar would need to travel at the speed of light [63].
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... the core collapse process accompanying a type II supernova event, a pulsar may form from the degenerate neutron star remnant, typically rapidly rotating with a strong magnetic field due to the conservation of angular momentum and magnetic flux during the collapse (see also figure 6). Charged particles extracted from the neutron star surface by the strong induced electric field become trapped along magnetic field lines. ...
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... streaming away from the light cylinder (see figure 6) form a relativistic pulsar wind. Where the pulsar wind is decelerated to match the slower expansion of ambient material within the nebula, a wind termination shock forms, at which further acceleration of electrons/positrons occurs [74]. ...
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