On the Evolution of Pulsar Beams

Details On the Evolution of Pulsar Beams On the Evolution of Pulsar Beams

Aug 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.298..625t&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 298, Issue 3, pp. 625-636.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

83

Methods: Statistical, Stars: Neutron, Pulsars: General

Scientific paper

We have analysed polarization data for a large number of isolated pulsars to investigate the evolution of pulsar radio beams. Assuming that a circular beam is directed along the axis of a dipolar magnetic field, we demonstrate that the distribution of magnetic inclination angles for the parent population of all pulsars is not flat but highly concentrated towards small inclination angles and that, consequently, the average beaming fraction is only ~10 per cent. Furthermore, we find that there is a tendency for the beam axis to align with the rotational axis on a time-scale of ~107 yr. This has interesting consequences for statistical studies of the pulsar population. Finally, the luminosity of pulsars is shown to be independent of the impact parameter, which indicates that pulsar beams are sharp-edged and have a relatively flat integrated intensity distribution.

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