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Has the Crab Pulsar magnetic field grown after its birth?

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Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.

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The evolution of rotation period and spindown age of a pulsar whose surface magnetic field undergoes a phase of growth were investigated. Application of these results to the Crab pulsar strongly indicates that its parameters cannot be accounted for by the field growth theories.

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Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 1985, Vol. 6, p233-237.

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Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.