1999/11/12 by F. Crawford, V. M. Kaspi, Crawford, F. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9911232
2 pages, 2 figures. To appear in proceedings of IAU Colloquium 177: Pulsar Astronomy - 2000 and Beyond
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We present radio polarimetry results for nine Southern pulsars. Six of the nine are young, with characteristic ages less than 100 kyr and high spin-down luminosities. All six show significant linear polarization, and we confirm a previously noticed trend in which the degree of linear polarization increases with spin-down luminosity. We have used the rotating vector model to fit the observed position angle data for PSR J1513-5908 (B1509-58). We find that a magnetic inclination angle alpha > 60 degrees is excluded at the 3-sigma level in the fit, and that the geometry suggested by the morphology of an apparent bipolar X-ray outflow is marginally inconsistent with a recent model of the pulsar magnetosphere.