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2008MNRAS.388..261J - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 388, 261-274 (2008/July-3)

Multifrequency integrated profiles of pulsars.

JOHNSTON S., KARASTERGIOU A., MITRA D. and GUPTA Y.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have observed a total of 67 pulsars at five frequencies ranging from 243 to 3100 MHz. Observations at the lower frequencies were made at the Giant Metre-Wave Telescope in India and those at higher frequencies at the Parkes Telescope in Australia. We present profiles from 34 of the sample with the best signal-to-noise ratio and the least scattering. The general `rules' of pulsar profiles are seen in the data; profiles get narrower, the polarization fraction declines and outer components become more prominent as the frequency increases. Many counterexamples to these rules are also observed, and pulsars with complex profiles are especially prone to rule breaking. We hypothesize that the location of pulsar emission within the magnetosphere evolves with time as the pulsar spins down. In highly energetic pulsars, the emission comes from a confined range of high altitudes, in the middle range of spin down energies the emission occurs over a wide range of altitudes whereas in pulsars with low spin-down energies it is confined to low down in the magnetosphere.

Abstract Copyright: © 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2008 RAS

Journal keyword(s): pulsars: general

CDS comments: In Table 2 : PSR J0108-1439 is probably a misprint for PSR J0108-1431

Simbad objects: 67

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