Interpretation of the Low-Frequency Peculiarities in the Radio Profile Structure of the Crab Pulsar

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2008-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/0801.3578v1

MNRAS, 385, 2143 (2008)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, no figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.12978.x

The theory of magnetized induced scattering off relativistic gyrating particles is developed. It is directly applicable to the magnetosphere of a pulsar, in which case the particles acquire gyration energies as a result of resonant absorption of radio emission. In the course of the radio beam scattering into background the scattered radiation concentrates along the ambient magnetic field. The scattering from different harmonics of the particle gyrofrequency takes place at different characteristic altitudes in the magnetosphere and, because of the rotational effect, gives rise to different components in the pulse profile. It is demonstrated that the induced scattering from the first harmonic into the state under the resonance can account for the so-called low-frequency component in the radio profile of the Crab pulsar. The precursor component is believed to result from the induced scattering between the two states well below the resonance. It is shown that these ideas are strongly supported by the polarization data observed. Based on an analysis of the fluctuation behaviour of the scattering efficiencies, the transient components of a similar nature are predicted for other pulsars.

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