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Polar cap and Outer gap

 

Outer Gap
tex2html_wrap_inline3922   Just outside last closed field line
tex2html_wrap_inline3922   Identical shapes from radio to tex2html_wrap_inline2816 -ray
tex2html_wrap_inline3922   Implies single emission region

Polar Cap
tex2html_wrap_inline3922   In diverging field lines above the pole
tex2html_wrap_inline3922   Narrower pulses, cannot explain X, tex2html_wrap_inline2816 profiles

  
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Jon Bell
Thu Dec 19 15:15:11 GMT 1996