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The Crab Pulsar: Radio Emission Mechanism Enigmas
Thursday November 5, 2015
| 2:00 pm
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Presenter: | Tim Hankins, NMT |
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| Series: | Center for Astrophysics Research and Technologies Seminar Series | |
| Abstract: | The Crab pulsar, which resulted from a supernova explosion in year 1054 A. D., has been studied intensely over a wide range of wavelengths, yet it continues to reveal new phenomena that challenge explanation. The emission structures in the radio regime are complex and some may be unique among pulsars. The standard models for pulsar geometry and radio emission physics are reviewed briefly. Their predictions are then compared with observations of the Crab pulsar radio emission and the observations are used to critique the theoretical models from an observer's point of view. The models must explain the extremely short and bright nanopulses observed (0.4 ns duration implying an equivalent brightness temperature of $10^{42}$ K), the wide bandwidths of radio emission (at least 0.02 to 46 GHz), the regular banded nature of the high frequency interpulse emission, the complex polarization structure, and the phases of pulsar rotation where emission occurs. So far no comprehensive model satisfies all of the observational discriminants. | |
| Host: | Gregory Taylor | |
| Location: | PAIS-2540, PAIS | |
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