Positron-Cyclotron Maser for the Core Emissions from Pulsars

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1997-11-26

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9711309v1

Astrophys.Space Sci. 257 (1998) 201-212

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 2 eps figures, aasms4.sty, accepted to ApSS

Scientific paper

10.1023/A:1001149118992

We use the cyclotron-maser theory to explain the core emission from the magnetosphere of pulsars. As a kind of direct and efficient maser type of emission, it can give rise to escaping radiation with extremely high brightness temperature and narrow angle with respect to the magnetic axis. We find that the growth rates and real frequencies of the O-mode electromagnetic wave propagating parallel to the magnetic fields depend on the ratio of the plasma frequency $\omega_p$ and the gyrofrequency $\omega_b$ rather than the plasma frequency alone, as described by other models. The emission takes place in the region where the magnitude of $\omega_p/\omega_b$ is $10^{-2}$. The corresponding altitude is about a few decades of neutron star radius, where the magnetic field strength is about $10^6-10^8 G$. The qualitative spectrum and the lower frequency cut-off of the radio emission is obtained by this model.

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