The radio beams of pulsars

  • What is the 3D structure of pulsar radio beams?
  • What information can be extracted from radio polarization measurements?
  • How can we best understand radius-to-frequency mapping?
  • Why do high Edot pulsars have statistically different average profile characteristics from low Edot pulsars?
  • What is the evolution of the inclination angle with time?
  • How can we use our understanding of the 3D beam to improve high precision pulsar timing?

An example pulse profile (right) generated from a line-of-sight sweep across a simulated beam (left).

 

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