On the circular polarization of pulsar radiation

Details On the circular polarization of pulsar radiation On the circular polarization of pulsar radiation

1999-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9902128v1

Astrophys.Space Sci. 262 (1999) 379-389

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, LaTeX

Scientific paper

10.1023/A:1001872805645

We consider the polarization behaviour of radio waves propagating through an ultrarelativistic highly magnetized electron-positron plasma in a pulsar magnetosphere. The rotation of magnetosphere gives rise to the wave mode coupling in the polarization-limiting region. The process is shown to cause considerable circular polarization in the linearly polarized normal waves. Thus, the circular polarization observed for a number of pulsars, despite the linear polarization of the emitted normal waves, can be attributed to the limiting-polarization effect.

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