Investigation of Spindown of Neutron Stars

Key words: 
• neutron star /
• braking index /
• quantum vacuum friction /
• unipolar induction

Abstract: The neutron stars’ braking mechanism is a fundamental problem in the study of neutron stars. The braking index exactly equal to 3 in pure magnetodipole radiation model, however, all the observed braking index of rotationpowered pulsars is less than 3. This indicates that the additional energy loss ways must exist besides the magnetodipole radiation. The magnetodipole radiation, the ejection of particle outflow and quantum vacuum friction are considered as the source of the loss of rotational kinetic energy of rotation-powered pulsars. Based on the three mechanism of loss of the energy, the relation between the period of pulsars and the first derivative of the period to time and the pulsars’ energy losing power are given. The relationship of the periods and the first derivative of the periods of six pulsars(J1119−6127,B1509−58, J1846−0258, B0531+21, B0540−69 and B0833−45) is studied. The relation between the surface magnetic field intensity and the magnetic inclination is discussed. Research shows that when the electric potential difference of vacuum gap is a constant the inclination angle is limited in a smaller range and in the other cases the inclination is the continuous value between 0∼90 degrees.