Plasma processes in pulsar magnetospheres and eclipsing binary pulsar systems



Título del documento: Plasma processes in pulsar magnetospheres and eclipsing binary pulsar systems
Revista: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000152476
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1University of Adelaide, Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, Adelaide, Australia Meridional. Australia
Año:
Periodo: Sep
Volumen: 28
Número: 3
Paginación: 191-202
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés Plasma processes that may be responsible for pulsar radio emission and for eclipses observed for binary pulsars are discussed. High brightness temperature of pulsar radio emission implies that the radiation mechanism must be coherent. Several emission mechanisms are discussed. The high brightness temperature of radio emission also implies that nonlinear effect on wave propagation through pulsar magnetospheric plasmas is important and may result in radio pulse microstructure or cause fluctuation in dispersion measure. The discovery of eclipsing binary pulsars provides us with an opportunity to study nonlinear wave-wave interactions in electron-ion plasmas in the winds (or magnetospheres) of companion stars
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Astronomía,
Teoría cinética y plasmas,
Pulsares,
Magnetósfera,
Plasmas,
Sistemas binarios,
Eclipses
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Astronomy,
Kinetic theory and plasma,
Pulsars,
Magnetosphere,
Plasmas,
Binary systems,
Eclipses
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