The Guitar nebula's pulsar appears to accelerate electrons to within ~3/4 of the theoretical maximum potential, and its brightness is best explained by the pulsar crossing an old supernova remnant's compressed, magnetized shell.
Neutron stars - thermal emitters
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Confronting theoretical models with observations of thermal radiation emitted by neutron stars is one of the most important ways to understand the properties of both, superdense matter in the interiors of the neutron stars and dense magnetized plasmas in their outer layers. Here we review the theory of thermal emission from the surface layers of strongly magnetized neutron stars, and the main properties of the observational data. In particular, we focus on the nearby sources for which a clear thermal component has been detected, without being contaminated by other emission processes (magnetosphere, accretion, nebulae). We also discuss the applications of the modern theoretical models of the formation of spectra of strongly magnetized neutron stars to the observed thermally emitting objects.
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Guitar Nebula: extreme accelerator in extreme environment
The Guitar nebula's pulsar appears to accelerate electrons to within ~3/4 of the theoretical maximum potential, and its brightness is best explained by the pulsar crossing an old supernova remnant's compressed, magnetized shell.