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Journal Article
Strong and weak pulsar radio emission due to thunderstorms and raindrops of particles in the magnetosphere
2023
Overview
Pulsars radiate radio signals when they rotate. However, some old pulsars often stop radiating for some periods. The underlying mechanism remains unknown, as the magnetosphere during nulling phases is hard to probe due to the absence of emission measurements. Here we report the detection and accurate polarization measurements of sporadic, weak, narrow dwarf pulses detected in the ordinary nulling state of pulsar B2111+46 via the Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope. Further analysis shows that their polarization angles follow the average polarization angle curve of normal pulses, suggesting no change of the magnetic-field structure in the emission region in the two emission states. Whereas radio emission of normal individual pulses is radiated by a ‘thunderstorm’ of particles produced by copious discharges in regularly formed gaps, dwarf pulses are produced by one or a few ‘raindrops’ of particles generated by pair production in a fragile gap of this near-death pulsar.The intensity of radio emission from a pulsar is shown to relate to the quantity of particles discharging in the magnetosphere rather than to changes of the structure of the magnetic field in the magnetosphere itself.
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Nature Publishing Group
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