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lighthouse model

Main models for explaining pulsar radiation
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The lighthouse model is a main model to explain the pulse radiation of pulsars (fast rotating neutron stars).
Chinese name
lighthouse model
Definition
A main model for explaining the pulse radiation of pulsars (fast rotating neutron stars)
Discipline
astronomy
This model believes that the pulsar radiation comes from a small area near the magnetic pole of the neutron star, and the magnetic axis and the rotation axis do not coincide, with an included angle. Every time the neutron star rotates, the radiation near the magnetic pole sweeps the earth once, so the pulse period is the rotation period of the neutron star. It is like observing a rotating lighthouse with partial light transmission on the ship, so it is named.