A theoretical optical spectrum for the Crab pulsar is presented. An inverse Compton scattering mechanism and nonrelativistic analytic solutions of differential cross sections of the Compton scattering in strong magnet...A theoretical optical spectrum for the Crab pulsar is presented. An inverse Compton scattering mechanism and nonrelativistic analytic solutions of differential cross sections of the Compton scattering in strong magnetic field given by Herlod (1979) are used in calculations. This mechanism was suggested in Qiao and others’ previous work. The theoretical curves obtained in this paper can well fit the observed one. This further shows the mechanism to be reasonable.展开更多
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文摘A theoretical optical spectrum for the Crab pulsar is presented. An inverse Compton scattering mechanism and nonrelativistic analytic solutions of differential cross sections of the Compton scattering in strong magnetic field given by Herlod (1979) are used in calculations. This mechanism was suggested in Qiao and others’ previous work. The theoretical curves obtained in this paper can well fit the observed one. This further shows the mechanism to be reasonable.