Pulsar Source Models#

Plot spin frequency of the pulsar with time:

"""Plot spin frequency of the pulsar with time."""
import numpy as np
from astropy.units import Quantity
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from gammapy.astro.source import Pulsar

t = Quantity(np.logspace(0, 6, 100), "yr")

pulsar = Pulsar(P_0=Quantity(0.01, "s"), B="1e12 G")

plt.plot(t.value, 1 / pulsar.period(t).cgs.value)
plt.xlabel("time [years]")
plt.ylabel("frequency [1/s]")
plt.ylim(1e0, 1e2)
plt.loglog()
plt.show()

(png, hires.png, pdf)

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