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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 377, Issue 4, Pages 1663-1667Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11727.x
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pulsars : general
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The analysis of observations of pulsar B1931+24 shows that the mechanism of the spin-down of a rotating magnetized neutron star is due to the plasma generation in its magnetosphere and, consequently, the radio emission generation. The unique observation of the switch on and switch off of this pulsar allows us to distinguish between the energy loss in the absence of radio emission (the magnetodipole radiation) and the current loss due to the rotation energy expenditure to the relativistic plasma generation and acceleration in the pulsar magnetosphere. The inclination angle chi, the angle between the rotation axis and the magnetic dipole axis, can be stationary for this pulsar, chi = chi(st). From observations and theory it follows that chi(st) = 59 degrees.
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