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On the pulse-width statistics in radio pulsars

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We perform Monte Carlo simulations of pulsar periods, pulse-widths and magnetic inclination angles. Using the available observational data sets we study possible parent distribution functions by means of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov significance tests. We also use an additional condition that the numbers of generated interpulses, whether from both magnetic poles or from a single pole, are at the observed levels. We derived a model distribution function of magnetic inclination angles which has a local maximum near and another weaker one near . The gamma function is a plausible distribution function describing pulsar periods. The average beaming fraction describing the fraction of observable radio pulsars is about 0.12.

Source: Astronomy and Astrophysics

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20034399

Authors: M. Kolonko, J. Gil, K. Maciesiak

Institutions: Jagiellonian University, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Zielona Góra

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2149748027

FWCI: 0.392

Cites: 25

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10