Pulsar

class gammapy.astro.source.Pulsar(P_0='0.1 s', B='1e10 G', n=3, I=<Quantity 1.e+45 cm2 g>, R=<Quantity 1000000. cm>, age=None, L_0=None)

Bases: object

Magnetic dipole spin-down pulsar model.

Parameters

P_0float

Period at birth

BQuantity

Magnetic field strength at the poles (Gauss)

nfloat

Spin-down braking index

Ifloat

Moment of inertia

Rfloat

Radius

Methods Summary

energy_integrated(t)	Total energy released by a given time.
luminosity_spindown(t)	Spin down luminosity.
magnetic_field(t)	Magnetic field at polar cap (assumed constant).
period(t)	Rotation period.
period_dot(t)	Period derivative at age t.
tau(t)	Characteristic age at real age t.

Methods Documentation