Open AccessEmission altitudes in young and old radio pulsars
Author(s) -
Kijak Jarosław
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04302.x
Subject(s) - pulsar , physics , astrophysics , astronomy , radio wave , atmospheric sciences , quantum mechanics
This paper presents a comparison of emission altitudes in very young and very old radio pulsars. The author confirms that the altitudes at which radio emission at a given frequency is generated depend on the pulsar period and age, although the latter dependence is quite weak.