Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1992
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 395, no. 2, Aug. 20, 1992, p. 553-563. Research supported by Johns Hopkins
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Brightness Temperature, Cyclotron Radiation, Pulsar Magnetospheres, Pulsars, Stellar Winds, Synchrotron Radiation, Compton Effect, Kinetic Equations, Radio Signals
Scientific paper
The effects of stimulated scattering on a collimated high brightness temperature beam of photons traversing a relativistically streaming magnetized plasma are studied. Under the assumption that the center of the photon beam is parallel to the bulk motion, we calculate the scattering rate as a function of the angular spread of the beam and the Lorentz factor gamma. Magnetization changes the photon recoil, without which stimulated scattering has no effect. It also introduces a strong dependence on frequency and polarization: if the photon frequency matches the electron cyclotron frequency, the scattering rate of photons polarized perpendicular to the magnetic field can be substantially enhanced relative to Thomson, and if the photon frequency is much less than the cyclotron frequency, the scattering is suppressed. Applying these calculations to pulsars, we find that stimulated scattering of the radio beam in the magnetized wind believed to exist outside the light cylinder can substantially alter the spectrum and polarization state of the radio signal. We suggest that the scattering rate is so high in some pulsars that the ability of the radio signal to penetrate the pulsar magnetosphere requires modification of either the conventional model of the magnetosphere or assumptions about the effects of stimulated scattering upon a beam.
Krolik Julian H.
Sincell Mark W.
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