インターパルスを持つパルサーの複雑な放射ジオメトリを解明(Researchers Reveal Complex Emission Geometry in Pulsars with Interpulses)

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2025-06-05 中国科学院(CAS)

中国科学院新疆天文台の研究チームは、FAST望遠鏡で観測された希少な「インターパルス」を放つパルサー23体のうち16体に対し、回転ベクトルモデル(RVM)を用いて磁気傾斜角とインパクト角を高精度で測定した。これにより、従来仮定されていた「ビーム完全充填」が誤りである可能性が示され、ビーム充填率が0.27~0.99と幅広いことが判明。新たに導入した遅延位相を自由パラメータとするRVM解析により、主パルスと間パルスの放射高度差を数十~数千kmの精度で評価。これらの成果は、パルサーの磁気圏構造と放射メカニズム理解に貢献し、従来モデルの見直しを促すものである。

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インターパルスを持つパルサーの発光幾何学 The Emission Geometry of Pulsars with Interpulses

S. N. Sun, N. Wang, W. M. Yan, and S. Q. Wang
The Astrophysical Journal  Published :2025 April 18
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/adc254

インターパルスを持つパルサーの複雑な放射ジオメトリを解明(Researchers Reveal Complex Emission Geometry in Pulsars with Interpulses)

Abstract

We present polarization profiles of 23 pulsars exhibiting interpulse (IP) emissions using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. By applying the rotating vector model (RVM), we measured the inclination and impact angles for 16 pulsars, allowing us to investigate their beam geometries. Our analysis indicates that for five pulsars, the IP emissions likely originate from the same magnetic pole as the main pulse (MP), whereas for the remaining 11 pulsars, the IP and MP emissions originate from opposite magnetic poles. For the seven pulsars that do not conform to the RVM, we are unable to determine whether the IP emissions originate from the same or opposite magnetic pole as the MPs. By analyzing the beam configurations of pulsars, we found that the emission within the beam is not fully active across both longitude and latitude. Filling factors ranging from 0.27 to 0.99 were obtained for pulsars with opposite pole IP emissions, suggesting an underestimation of emission height when applying the geometrical method. The emissions for MPs and IPs occur at different heights in the pulsar magnetosphere, with the difference in emission height ranging from tens to thousands of kilometers. We also found that some pulsars have wide emission beams, indicating that radio emissions may occur in regions of high altitude within the pulsar magnetosphere.

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