# What can the braking indices tell us about the nature of pulsars

@article{Yue2007WhatCT,
title={What can the braking indices tell us about the nature of pulsars},
author={Youling Yue and Ren-xin Xu and W. W. Zhu},
year={2007},
volume={40},
pages={1491-1497}
}
• Published 1 November 2006
• Physics
Abstract As a result of observational difficulties, braking indices of only six rotation-powered pulsars are obtained with some certainty. All these values are remarkably smaller than the value ( n  = 3) expected for pure magnetodipole radiation model. Various models have been proposed to explain this phenomenon such as introducing additional torques by particle outflow or accretion disk, changes in inclination angle or magnetic field strength, and field-reconnection process in pulsar… Expand
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