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Origin of Pulsar Radio Emission

Author(s): Philippov, A; Timokhin, A; Spitkovsky, Anatoly

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dc.contributor.authorPhilippov, A-
dc.contributor.authorTimokhin, A-
dc.contributor.authorSpitkovsky, Anatoly-
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-25T15:03:11Z-
dc.date.available2022-01-25T15:03:11Z-
dc.date.issued2020-06-15en_US
dc.identifier.citationPhilippov, A, Timokhin, A, Spitkovsky, A. (2020). Origin of Pulsar Radio Emission. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 124 (24), 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.245101en_US
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr16q1sg8c-
dc.description.abstractSince pulsars were discovered as emitters of bright coherent radio emission more than half a century ago, the cause of the emission has remained a mystery. In this Letter we demonstrate that coherent radiation can be directly generated in nonstationary pair plasma discharges which are responsible for filling the pulsar magnetosphere with plasma. By means of large-scale two-dimensional kinetic plasma simulations, we show that if pair creation is nonuniform across magnetic field lines, the screening of electric field by freshly produced pair plasma is accompanied by the emission of waves which arc electromagnetic in nature. Using localized simulations of the screening process, we identify these waves as superluminal ordinary (O) modes, which should freely escape from the magnetosphere as the plasma density drops along the wave path. The spectrum of the waves is broadband and the frequency range is comparable to that of observed pulsar radio emission.en_US
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dc.relationhttps://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PhRvL.124x5101P/abstracten_US
dc.relation.ispartofPHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERSen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleOrigin of Pulsar Radio Emissionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.245101-
dc.date.eissued2020-06-19en_US
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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