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Radio emission of magnetars driven by the quasi-linear diffusion

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-22 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

In this, paper we study the possibility of generation of electromagnetic waves in the magnetospheres of radio magnetars by means of the quasi-linear diffusion (QLD). Considering the magnetosphere composed of the so-called beam and the plasma components respectively, we argue that the frozen-in condition will inevitably lead to the generation of the unstable cyclotron modes. These modes, via the QLD, will in turn influence the particle distribution function, leading to certain values of the pitch angles, thus to an efficient synchrotron mechanism, producing radio photons. We show that for three known radio magnetars the QLD might be a realistic mechanism for producing photons in the radio band.

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@article{arxiv.1407.7688,
  title  = {Radio emission of magnetars driven by the quasi-linear diffusion},
  author = {Zaza Osmanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.7688},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure