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Title: | Pulsar Radio Emission Altitude from Curvature Radiation |
Authors: | Gangadhara, R. T |
Keywords: | Stars: Pulsars: General, Stars: Pulsars: Individual: Alphanumeric: PSR B0329+54, Radio Continuum: Stars, Stars: Magnetic Fields Pulsar |
Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2004 |
Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
Citation: | ApJ, Vol. 609, pp. 335 - 339 |
Abstract: | We assume that relativistic sources moving along dipolar magnetic field lines emit curvature radiation. The beamed emission occurs in the direction of tangents to the field lines, and to receive it, the sight line must align with the tangent within the beaming angle 1/γ, where γ is the particle Lorentz factor. By solving the viewing geometry in an inclined and rotating dipolar magnetic field, we show that at any given pulse phase, the observer tends to receive radiation only from the specific heights allowed by the geometry. We find that outer conal components are emitted at higher altitudes compared to inner components, including the core. At any pulse phase, low-frequency emission comes from higher altitudes than high-frequency emission. We have modeled the emission heights of pulse components of PSR B0329+54 and estimated field line curvature radii and particle Lorentz factors in the emission regions. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2248/1717 |
Appears in Collections: | IIAP Publications |
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