The Crab Nebula

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Optical Observations of the Crab Nebula....Pages 3-11
Dynamics of the Crab Nebula....Pages 12-21
The Electromagnetic Spectrum of the Crab Nebula....Pages 22-31
Searches for γ -rays from the Crab Nebula and Its Pulsar....Pages 32-41
X-ray Observations of the Crab Nebula....Pages 42-53
Upper Limit of the X-ray Polarization of the Crab Nebula....Pages 54-64
Recent Results on the Search for 10 11 eV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula....Pages 65-67
High Resolution Maps of the Crab Nebula at 2700 MHz and 5000 MHz....Pages 68-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Radio Observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar....Pages 73-83
X-ray Observations of NP 0532....Pages 84-86
Optical Observations of the Crab Pulsar, and Searches for Other Optical Pulsars....Pages 87-90
The Relation of the Low Frequency Source to the Crab Pulsar....Pages 91-96
Individual Radio Pulses from NP 0531....Pages 97-102
Pulsar NP 0532: Recent Results on Strong Pulses Obtained at Arecibo....Pages 103-109
Radio Observations of the Crab Pulsar at 408, 240 and 151 MHz....Pages 110-113
Time Variability of the Dispersion of the Crab Nebula Pulsar....Pages 114-117
Faraday Rotation of the Crab Pulsar Radiation....Pages 118-118
Timing of Optical Pulses from the Crab Nebula Pulsar....Pages 119-124
Timing Observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar at the Arecibo Observatory....Pages 125-128
A Search for Variations in the Intensity of the Optical Pulses from NP 0532....Pages 129-141
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Results of Optical Timing Measurements of the Crab Nebula Pulsar....Pages 142-150
Optical Timing of the Crab Nebula Pulsar NP 0532....Pages 151-151
Photometry and Polarimetry of the Crab Pulsar....Pages 152-156
Measurement of the Circular Polarization of Pulsar NP 0532....Pages 157-159
Search for Pulsed High Energy Gamma Radiation from NP 0532....Pages 160-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
The Galactic Population of Pulsars....Pages 165-181
The Comparative Properties of the Pulsars....Pages 182-194
Polarization of Pulsars....Pages 195-199
Observations of Pulsar Spectra....Pages 200-205
Polarization Measurements of Other Pulsars at Jodrell Bank....Pages 206-208
Crab Pulsar Radiation Characteristics....Pages 209-210
Timing of the Pulsar NP 0527....Pages 211-216
Interstellar Scattering and the Pulse from the Vela Pulsar....Pages 217-221
Searches for Optical Pulsars....Pages 222-228
Results of a Search for Visible Pulsars....Pages 229-233
Magnetism in White Dwarfs....Pages 234-236
Optical Pulsar in NGC 4254....Pages 237-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Comments on Supernova Remnants and Ancient Novae....Pages 241-247
Radio Emission from Supernova Remnants....Pages 248-262
Cassiopeia A — The Youngest Known Galactic Supernova Remnant....Pages 263-267
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
The Secular Behavior of X-ray and Radio Emission from Supernova Remnants....Pages 268-272
Pulsars and Close Binary Systems....Pages 273-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Plasma Interactions in the Crab Nebula....Pages 281-291
Radio Polarization of the Crab Nebula....Pages 292-295
Transfer of Energy to the Crab Nebula Following the Spin-Up of the Pulsar....Pages 296-307
Radiative Ionization of the Filaments in the Crab Nebula....Pages 308-313
Synchrotron Radiation in High Magnetic Fields....Pages 314-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Physics of the Neutron Star....Pages 323-333
General Relativistic Theory of Rotating Neutron Stars — A Review....Pages 334-340
Dynamical Stability of Neutron Stars....Pages 341-345
Models of Rotating Neutron Stars in General Relativity....Pages 346-351
The Effects of Nuclear Forces on the Maximum Mass Limit of Neutron Stars....Pages 352-355
Nuclear Forces in High Density Matter....Pages 356-363
Periodicity and Luminosity of the ‘Pulsar’ Model of Quasars....Pages 364-377
Multiple Pulsar Ejection in Supernova Events....Pages 378-381
Emission of Gravitational Waves from the Pulsar....Pages 382-383
Young Pulsars — Pulsed Neutron Sources....Pages 384-385
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Relationship between Pulsar and Nebula....Pages 389-391
A Magnetic Dipole Model for the Crab Explosion....Pages 392-393
Physical Processes and Parameters in the Magnetosphere of NP 0532....Pages 394-406
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
The Non-Thermal Continuum from the Crab Nebula: The ‘Synchro-Compton’ Interpretation....Pages 407-413
Maser Theory of Pulsar Radiation....Pages 414-428
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
The Radiation Mechanism in Pulsars....Pages 431-440
Pulsar Models and Radiation Properties....Pages 441-442
Low Mode Coherent Synchrotron Radiation and Pulsar Models....Pages 443-448
Radiation from Pulsars....Pages 449-454
Radiation Beaming in Pulsars....Pages 455-456
Low-Frequency Cutoffs in Synchrotron Spectra and the Optical Spectrum of NP 0532....Pages 457-459
Pulsar (and X-Star) Emission from the Magnetosphere of a Collapsed Star....Pages 460-470