Depolarization of Pulsar Radio Emission
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We show that intensity dependent depolarization of single pulses (e.g., Xiluoris et al. 1994) may be due to the nonlinear decay of the "upper" ordinary mode into an unpolarized extraordinary mode and a backward propagating wave. The decay occurs in the innermost parts of the pulsar magnetosphere for obliquely propagating O waves.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9908112,
title = {Depolarization of Pulsar Radio Emission},
author = {Maxim Lyutikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9908112},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, 1 postscript figure