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Gamma Rays in Pulsars
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This animation takes us into a spinning pulsar, with its strong magnetic field rotating along with it. Clouds of charged particles move along the field lines and their gamma-rays are beamed like a lighthouse beacon by the magnetic fields. As our line of sight moves into the the beam, we see the pulsations once every rotation of the nuetron star.
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This animation shows gamma-rays from a pulsar
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| Animation Number: | 10205 |
| Animator: | Walt Feimer (Lead) |
| Studio: | CI Lab |
| Completed: | 2008-04-16 |
| Scientists: | Alice Harding (NASA/GSFC) |
| | Steven Ritz (NASA/GSFC) |
| Instrument: | GLAST/LAT |
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Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab |
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