Coherent Radio Emission from Pulsars
Abstract
Our knowledge of radio pulsars is reviewed with particular emphasis on properties of radio emission that are relevant to an understanding of the emission mechanism. We discuss the tendency for emission to occur in two orthogonal modes of polarization, observational limits on the location of the emission region, and the issue of whether coherence is established by a broadband or a narrowband mechanism.
- Publication:
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Space Science Reviews
- Pub Date:
- December 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00172214
- Bibcode:
- 1979SSRv...24..567C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- Coherent Radiation;
- Pulsars;
- Radio Emission;
- Radio Sources (Astronomy);
- Stellar Radiation;
- Beams (Radiation);
- Frequency Response;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Rarefied Plasmas;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Star Distribution;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Models;
- Astrophysics