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A Model for the Binary Pulsar Radio Eclipse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. Khechinashvili ,
G. Melikidze  and
J. Gil
D. Khechinashvili
Affiliation:
J. Kepler Astronomical Center, Pedagogical University, Lubuska 2, 65-265, Zielona Góra, Poland Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Al.Kazbegi ave. 2a, Tbilisi, 380060, Georgia
G. Melikidze
Affiliation:
J. Kepler Astronomical Center, Pedagogical University, Lubuska 2, 65-265, Zielona Góra, Poland Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Al.Kazbegi ave. 2a, Tbilisi, 380060, Georgia
J. Gil
Affiliation:
J. Kepler Astronomical Center, Pedagogical University, Lubuska 2, 65-265, Zielona Góra, Poland

Abstract

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We suggest that companions of two binary eclipsing pulsars, B1957+20 and J2051-0827, are degenerate magnetic dwarfs. The magnetospheres of the white dwarfs are infused with relativistic particles supplied by the pulsar wind. We demonstrate that the radio waves emitted by the pulsars are strongly damped due to cyclotron resonance with the plasma particles, in the magnetospheres of companions. Large stable continuos and frequency-dependent radio eclipses should occur as a result of this process. This agrees well with observations.

Type
Part 7. The Surrounding of Pulsars
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 535 - 536
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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