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Polar CAP relief and integrated pulse structure

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dc.contributor.authorVivekanand, M
dc.contributor.authorRadhakrishnan, V
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-25T09:23:55Z
dc.date.available2007-05-25T09:23:55Z
dc.date.issued1981
dc.descriptionOpen 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.en
dc.description.abstractAn 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationIAU Symposium, 1981, Vol.95, p173en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/2453
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherReidelen
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1981IAUS...95..173Ven
dc.rights1981 Reidelen
dc.subjectOptical reflectionen
dc.subjectPolar capsen
dc.subjectPulsarsen
dc.subjectSurface roughness effectsen
dc.subjectEarth magnetosphereen
dc.subjectRadio emissionen
dc.subjectSpecular reflectionen
dc.subjectStellar evolutionen
dc.subjectStellar magnetic fieldsen
dc.subjectSurface layersen
dc.titlePolar CAP relief and integrated pulse structureen
dc.typeArticleen

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