https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7996-5
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Could acceleration of a pulsar affect braking index?
1
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
2
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
* e-mail: zhuqh@ihep.ac.cn
Received:
18
August
2019
Accepted:
30
April
2020
Published online:
12
May
2020
In the coming era of multi-messenger astrophysics, pulsars might be one of the most possible electromagnetic counterparts of the gravitational wave. The braking indices, which are related closely to the electromagnetic radiation of pulsars, are shown to be larger for the pulsars with companion. It motivates us to set up a modified spin-down equation for accelerated pulsars. In this model, we attempt to figure out whether acceleration of a pulsar can cause a larger braking index.
© The Author(s), 2020
