RADIO AND X-RAY BURST FROM PSR-0950+08

Citation
Mr. Deshpande et al., RADIO AND X-RAY BURST FROM PSR-0950+08, Astrophysics and space science, 218(2), 1994, pp. 249-265
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
218
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
249 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1994)218:2<249:RAXBFP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
This article describes in detail a burst from PSR 0950+08 on July 29, 1992. This event was observed by two radio telescopes (separated by si milar to 200 km) operating at 103 MHz. There exists a very convincing indirect evidence that at the same time the pulsar also emitted large X-ray flux. The X-ray flux during the event compares with that during a solar X-ray flare. During the event the Sun was extraordinarily quie t as the solar X-ray flux < 3 x 10(-7) W/m(2) only was observed. The c ause for the burst is quite unknown and may be complex. However, a pos sibility of accretion of a comet-like object by pulsar may provide rea sonable explanation of the observations. These results open some inter esting questions about the pulsar physics.