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The lighthouse model

 

  
Figure 4: The lighthouse model of a radio pulsar: A rapidly central neutron star with a strong magnetic field, inclined to the rotation axis with radio emission emanating from the magnetic poles. From Lyne & Graham-Smith 1990 [23].



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