The Emission Geometry, Radiation Processes, and Evolution of Radio Pulsars

脉冲星是旋转的中子星，具有强大的磁场，在无线电中发射规则的脉冲信号，在某些情况下，发射光学和其他频率的脉冲信号。这些辐射被认为是复杂过程的结果，涉及到恒星表面磁场中带电粒子的加速。首席研究员（PI）建议对脉冲星发射进行观测和理论研究，特别关注以下主题：1。确定发射区内磁场的几何形状；2. 研究发生在脉冲星表面上方极帽区域的过程，以及它们是如何产生脉冲辐射的；和 3所示。从整体上观察脉冲星（包括x射线和射电双星、毫秒脉冲星以及普通的单一射电脉冲星），并探索中子星的形成和演化。观测将在阿雷西博、普什奇诺天文台（苏联）、波恩（西德）、格林岸和VLA进行。

Pulsars are rotating neutron stars with strong magnetic fields that emit regular pulsed signals in the radio and, in some cases, the optical and other frequencies. These emissions are believed to be the result of complex processes involving the acceleration of charged particles in the stars' surface magnetic fields. The Principal Investigator (PI) proposes to investigate obser- vationally and theoretically pulsar emission, with particular attention paid to these topics: 1. determining the geometry of the magnetic fields in the emitting regions; 2. investigating the processes that occur in the polar cap regions just above the pulsars' surfaces and how they produce the pulsed radiation; and 3. looking at the pulsar population as a whole (including X-ray and radio binary pulsars, millisecond pulsars, as well as ordinary single radio pulsars) and exploring neutron star formation and evolution. Observations will be carried out at Arecibo, the Pushchino Observatory (Soviet Union), Bonn (West Germany), Green Bank, and the VLA.