Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres

Pulsars (rapidly spinning neutron stars) emit beams of intense radiation in the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum. How these beams are generated remains one of the unsolved mysteries in astrophysics. By studying the pulse-to-pulse variations in their radiation using multiple telescopes simu...

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Main Author: McSweeney, Samuel James
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77427
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description Pulsars (rapidly spinning neutron stars) emit beams of intense radiation in the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum. How these beams are generated remains one of the unsolved mysteries in astrophysics. By studying the pulse-to-pulse variations in their radiation using multiple telescopes simultaneously, we can piece together a three-dimensional map of the intense environment surrounding these compact objects. The quasi-stable structures we observe in their radiation contain important clues to how the emission is generated.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-774272019-12-18T02:54:40Z Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres McSweeney, Samuel James Pulsars (rapidly spinning neutron stars) emit beams of intense radiation in the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum. How these beams are generated remains one of the unsolved mysteries in astrophysics. By studying the pulse-to-pulse variations in their radiation using multiple telescopes simultaneously, we can piece together a three-dimensional map of the intense environment surrounding these compact objects. The quasi-stable structures we observe in their radiation contain important clues to how the emission is generated. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77427 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle McSweeney, Samuel James
Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres
title Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres
title_full Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres
title_fullStr Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres
title_full_unstemmed Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres
title_short Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pulsar Magnetospheres
title_sort three-dimensional tomography of pulsar magnetospheres
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77427