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Core/Double-Cone Emission-Beam Structure in a Millisecond Pulsar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

Joanna M. Rankin*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405USA: email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Slow pulsars show a great deal of qualitative and quantitative regularity in the structure of their radio emission beams as described by the core/double-cone model; however, millisecond pulsars (MSPs) have shown little. It is thus arresting to encounter a 2.7-s MSP with what appears to be a double-cone/core profile—and even more so to find that the arrangement of the cones around the core suggest aberration/retardation emission heights that are very reasonable. This and several other pulsars then represent rare opportunities for analysis and raise questions about why a few MSPs show such orderly beam structure while so many do not.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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