Propagation effect on polarization of pulsar radio emission

Details Propagation effect on polarization of pulsar radio emission Propagation effect on polarization of pulsar radio emission

1999-01-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9901217v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 8 figures, Accepted to appear in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02399.x

We consider the role of a propagation effect such as the stimulated Raman scattering on the polarization of radio pulses. When an intense electromagnetic wave with frequency close to the plasma frequency interacts with the plasma in the pulsar magnetosphere, the incident wave undergoes stimulated Raman scattering. Using typical plasma and magnetic field parameters, we compute the growth rate and estimate the polarization properties of the scattered mode. At some conditions, we find that the polarization properties of the scattered mode can become significantly different from those of the incident wave. The frequencies, at which strong Raman scattering occurs in the outer parts of magnetosphere, fall into the observed radio band. In some pulsars, for example, PSR B0628-28 and 1914+13, a large and symmetric type of circular polarization has been observed. We propose that such an unusual circular polarization is produced by the propagation effects.

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