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Title: Polar CAP relief and integrated pulse structure
Authors: Vivekanand, M.
Radhakrishnan, V.
Keywords: Optical reflection
Polar caps
Pulsars
Surface roughness effects
Earth magnetosphere
Radio emission
Specular reflection
Stellar evolution
Stellar magnetic fields
Surface layers
Issue Date: 1981
Publisher: Reidel
Citation: IAU Symposium, 1981, Vol.95, p173
Abstract: An explanation is offered for the complexity and stability of integrated pulse profiles. It is proposed that the pulse structure arises from surface irregularities at the polar caps, and the way in which the surface relief affects the number of charges which are released into the magnetosphere and creates the observed radio radiation is indicated. The electrons produced in the vacuum break-down in the polar gap carry enough energy to continually modify the surface relief of the polar caps, and one way in which the surface could be modified in a timescale of a million years is suggested.
Description: Open Access. Pulsars: 13 years of research on neutron stars; Proceedings of the Symposium, Bonn, West Germany, August 26-29, 1980. (A82-32926 15-90) Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1981.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2453
Alternative Location: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1981IAUS...95..173V
Copyright: 1981 Reidel
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