Production of pulses and interpulses in pulsars

Autor: R. T. Gangadhara
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Astrophysics and Space Science. 232:327-336
ISSN: 1572-946X
0004-640X
Popis: Pulsars accelerate the charged particles moving along their magnetic field lines due to their rapidly spinning motion. Particles gain maximum energy from pulsars within the light cylinder when they are moving along the field lines perpendicular to the rotation velocity. In pulsars with non-aligned rotation and magnetic axes, the production of two intense and sharp pulses (main pulse and interpulse) separated by 180° longitude occur at the two regions near the light cylinder where the rotation velocity is perpendicular to the magnetic field. Since the radiating particles move radially along the relativistically compressed magnetic field lines, the observer in the stationary frame receives beamed and transversely compressed radiation pulse. Near the light cylinder position angle varies smoothly during pulsar rotation in a way as Radhakrishnan and Cook (1969) expect its variation near the magnetic pole, as the field lines experience relativistic compression in the direction of rotation. The motion of two charge species along the field lines produce orthogonal modes at each pulse longitude.
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