Abstract There may be as many binary neutron stars in the Galaxy as there are pulsars. Their rotational energy can be converted into beams of cosmic rays if there is enough coupling between the corotating magnetosphere and the impinging plasma, in a manner similar to the sparking of a grindstone. Power-law spectra in energy are obtained from a power-law dependence of the accelerating fields. The upper cutoff energy should not greatly exceed 1020 eV. The observed cosmic-ray spectrum would result from a superposition of the injection by ≲ 106 young binary neutron stars.
Particle acceleration in compact binary stars
Advances in Space Research ; 4 , 2-3 ; 381-386
1984-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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