PREDICTING RANGES for PULSARS' BRAKING INDICES

The theoretical determination of braking indices of pulsars is still an open problem. in this paper we report results of a study concerning such determination based on a modification of the canonical model, which admits that pulsars are rotating magnetic dipoles, and on data from the seven pulsars with known braking indices. in order to test the modified model, we predict ranges for the braking indices of other pulsars.Brazilian institution UNIFESPConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Universidade Federal de São Paulo, DCET, BR-09913030 Diadema, SP, BrazilFed Inst Educ Sci & Technol São Paulo, BR-01109010 São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, DCET, BR-09913030 Diadema, SP, BrazilCNPq: 309295/2009-2Web of Scienc