Speaker
Apply to be<br> consider for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD)?
Hons
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
Yes
Abstract content <br> (Max 300 words)
Electrons and positrons escape from the pulsar in the form of a relativistic wind. These particles undergo synchrotron radiation as well inverse Compton collisions with photons from the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, leading to measurable non-thermal emission. The purpose of this project is to test a first order approximation model that calculates changes in the lepton spectrum due to the radiation processes, as well as the subsequent non-thermal emission. The model makes use of several parameters which we vary in an attempt to fit a observed photon spectrum from a source with known parameters. We find the model to have a moderate success as a first order approximation and apply it to a number of unknown sources.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Prof. SES Ferreira
10713158@nwu.ac.za
North-west University
