On the origin of the drifting subpulses in radio pulsars

Details On the origin of the drifting subpulses in radio pulsars On the origin of the drifting subpulses in radio pulsars

2005-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504042v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 360 (2005) 669-674

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09070.x

A model for the main observational characteristics of the radio emission of pulsars with well organized drifting subpulses is presented. We propose that drifting subpulses result from the modulation of the radio emission mechanism due to long-wavelength drift waves in the magnetosphere. The drift waves are generated at shorter wavelengths, and their nonlinear evolution favours accumulation in a specific azimuthal eigenmode with an integral number, $m$, of nodes encircling the magnetic pole. The electric field of the drift waves is along the magnetic field lines, and this modulates the distribution for particles and hence the radio emission mechanism. The ratio of the frequency of the eigenmode to the rotation frequency of the star is insensitive to the magnetic field strength and the period of rotation, and is of order unity. The period, $P_3$, of the drifting subpulses is attributed to the mismatch between this frequency and the nearest harmonic of the rotation frequency of the star.

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