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A geometrical depolarization of pulsar radiation

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It is assumed that pulsar radiation originates in a polar cap region and that the emission mechanism is curvature radiation. It is further assumed the radiation reaching an observer at any one time may represent contributions from several particle bunches moving relativistically along different magnetic field lines and radiating mutually incoherently. These assumptions are used to explanation of the minimum of linear polarization appearing near the profile centre of some pulsars.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Pedagogical University, Rzeszow, Poland

    J. Gil & W. Rudnicki

  2. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    J. Gil

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Gil, J., Rudnicki, W. A geometrical depolarization of pulsar radiation. Astrophys Space Sci 109, 381–386 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651284

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