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A review of observational properties of the Vela pulsar across a wide energy spectrum is given. Then current approaches to the modelling of pulsars and their wind zones are briefly presented. The challenges posed to the models by the diversity of Vela’s light curves in different energy ranges are discussed.
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David Finley (NRAO) aptly called them ’Pulsars: The Universe’s Gift to Physics’.
The IR observations could not be carried out in phased modes, hence the measured fluxes are unpulsed.
We note, however, that the peak-to-peak separation of 0.25 in optical had been reproduced with simple estimates within the outer-gap scenario (Cheng et al. 1986).
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The author acknowledges financial support by the National Science Centre, Grant DEC- 2011/02/A/ST9/00256.
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Rudak, B. The many faces of pulsars – the case of PSR B0833-45. J Astrophys Astron 39, 48 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-018-9544-3
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