ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM PULSARS : AND MAGNETARS 4

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1 ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES Volume 466 J ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM PULSARS : AND MAGNETARS 4 Proceedings of a conference held at University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland April 2012 Edited by Wojciech Lewandowski Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland OlafMaron Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland Jarostaw Kijak Kepler Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Gdra, Zielona Gora, Poland SAN FRANCISCO

2 Contents Foreword ; xi J. Rankin. After-Dinner Talk.... xiii R. Wielebinski, NoteofThanks xv J. Gil and J. Kijak,. Preface... ' v C: Melikidte ' ' ' Conference Organizers.... V xix 1.. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Participants V xxi xvii Conference Photograph' ;..... ; r- ; xxvi Session I. Across the Spectrum Multi-Wavelength Observations of Pulsars 3 R.P. Mignani High-Time-Resolution Optical Observations of the Crab Pulsar A. Shearer etal. The Violent Neutron Star 15 j.. A.L. Watts A Unified Polar Cap/Striped Wind Model for Pulsed Radio and Gamma-Ray Emission in Pulsars J.Petri : Do Accreting Magnetars Exist? The Case of 4U , ; P.Reig Optical Observations of PSR J Field A. Kirichenko et ai.. A Study of the Long Term Variability of RX J with XMM-Newton S. Mereghetti et al. "s., Decomposition of the Optical Polarisation Components of the Crab Pulsar and its Nebula A.Slowikowskaetal. ' - ' V

3 vi ". Contents Session II. Radio Observations of Pulsars Observations of Radio Polarization of Integrated Profiles ' S.Johnston Interpole Communication in.radio Pulsars and the Resulting Theoretical \ Challenges. 47 P. Weltevrede, G. Wright, and S. Johnston ' Subbeam Carousel Circulation Time from Single Pulse Observations of Several Pulsars W. Lewandowski et al.,.. New Observations of Geminga at Three Low Radio Frequencies ;.. 57 V.M. Malofccv ct ah LM88 Revisited ? 61 R.N.Manchester 1 Pulsar Radio Emission Mechanisms: The Crab Enigmas 65 T.H. Hankins,, OfF-pulse Emission from Long Period Pulsars ,.i. :>71 R. Basu, D. Mitra, and R. Athreya Binary Pulsar B Spectrum Evolution and Classification of Pulsar Spectra 75 M. Dembska, J. Kijak, and W. Lewandowski Broadband Nulling Behaviour of PSR B V. Gajjar, B.C. Joshi, and M. Kramer Observations of Transients and Pulsars with LOFAR International Stations M. Serylak et al., ' The Null Patterns of Pulsars J and B ; G. Wright et al., Long :Term Scintillation Observations of PSR B x ;. 91 M. Daszuta, W. Lewandowski, and J. Kijak Analysis of Single Pulses from Radio Pulsars at High Observing Frequencies.. 93 S. Honnappa, J. Kijak, and W. Lewandowski Interactive Database of Pulsar Flux Density Measurements 95 O. Koralewska et al. Statistics of the Subpulses for PSR B t16 at 8.35 GHz.. 97 O. Koralewska, J. Kijak, and W; Lewandowski Pulse Broadening Measurement for Several Pulsars M. Kowalitiska et al. Observations of Millisecond Pulsars at 8.35 GHz 101 M. KowalMska etal.

4 < < Contents vii Modal Sequencing in an 8-hour GMRT Observation of Pulsar B C. Latham, D. Mitra, and J. Rankin On the Pulse-Width Statistics in Radio Pulsars... ; K. Maciesiak and J. Gil Deep Searches for Millisecond Radio Bursts From M E. Rubio-Herrera et al. The Complexity Parameter in Pulsars: A Grand Update..... Ill A. Skrzypczak and J. Gil Mode Segregation Analysis of Pulsar B ; EM Smith and J. Rankin < Candidates for Pulsars with Gigahertz-Peaked Spectra L. Tarczewski, J, Kijak, and W. Lewandowski Investigations of the Emission Geometry of the Four-Component Radio Pulsar J ;. :.....* M. Teixeira, J, Rankin, and G. Wright Rotation Measure Variations for Pulsars "......, W. Yan etal. '., ' i Core Emission in Classical Conal Double Profiles S. Young and J. Rankin ', ^ Session III. Theory of Pulsar Radio Emission - Observational Consequences of the Partially Screened Gap. i A. S/.ary, G. Mclikidzc, and J. Git Thermal and Non-thermal Radiation from Pulsars: Hints of Physics. :. v S. Dai and R.Xu. ^ Population Synthesis of Normal Radio and Gamma-ray Pulsars Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques P.L. Gonthier, C.D. Billman, and A K. Harding Double Notches: The Imprint of Microscopic Radio Emission Beam. 137 J. Dyks and B. Rudak, Observations that can Unravel the Coherent Radio Emission Mechanism in Pulsars D; Mitra Population Synthesis of Neutron Stars: the Impact of Different Luminosity Models 147 A.P. Igoshev and A.F. Kotlygin.

5 viii ^ Contents Session IV. Neutron Stars: Structure, Evolution, Magnetic Fields, and PWNs A 2 M 0 Pulsar and Equation of State of Neutron-Star Cores P. Haensel and J.L. Zdunik.- /. ' Superfluidity and Superconductivity in the Neutron Star Core D. Page < Pulsar Wind Nebulae from X-rays to VHE y-rays O. Kargaltsev, G.G. Pavlov, and M. Durant Model of Radio Emission from Spherically Symmetric Pulsar Wind Nebulae S. Tanaka Superluminal Waves arid the Structure of Pulsar Wind Termination Shocks...." 179 L Mochol and J.G. Kirk. Modeling Precessional Motion of Neutron Stars.... :..? T. Joachimiak and A.J. Maciejewski Hall Drift in the Crust of Neutron Stars - Necessary for Radio Pulsar Activity? U. Geppert et al. : Initial Parameters of Neutron Stars 191 S.B. Popov and R. Turolla Structure of Neutron Stars with Unified Equations of State.... \ A.F. Fantina et al. Symmetry Energy Effects in the Neutron Star Properties D.E. Alvarez-Castillo and SvKubis Superfluidity and Entrainment in Neutron-star Crusts ^ N. Chamel, J.M. Pearson, and S. Goriely / Spin-Down age: the Key to Magnetic Fields Decay on the Surface of Neutron Stars A.P.Igoshev Decoupling of Superfluid and Normal Oscillation Modes in Rotating Neutron. Stars E.M. Kantor and M.E: Gusakov. Optical Polarimetry of the Crab and,vela Pulsars...., P. Moran, A.. Shearer, and R.P. Mignani The Evolution of the Angle Between the Magnetic Moment and the. - Rotation Axis of Radio Pulsars with the Small-Scale Magnetic Field and the Superfluid Core D P. Barsukov, O.A. Goglichidze, and A.I. Tsygan Maximum Mass of Cold Neutron Stars with Phase Transition ' - ' t A.F. Fantina etal. ' ' '

6 >. Contents ix Nucleon Superfluidity and its Influence on Damping of Neutron Star Oscillations : E.M. Kantor al al. ; ), Constraining the Mass and Moment of Inertia of Neutron Stars from; Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in X-ray Binaries. 225 J. Petri " ^ Y Peculiar Isolated Neutron Stars and the Source in the Carina Nebula /...,227 A. ManciniPires L The Maximum Mass of Differentially Rotating Neutron Stars A.M. Snopek et al. The Maximum Mass of Rotating Strange Stars, M. Szkudlareketal. Mutual Influence of Magnetic Field Decay and Thermal Evolution of Rotational \" Neutron Stars X:Zhou, M. Kang, andn. Wang ^, Session V. Magnetars: Observations and Theory v Heating Magnetar Surface from the Crust 237 A.D. Kaminker et al., Do "Magnetars" Really Exist? I.F.Malov : SXP 1062: An Evolved Magnetar in a BeXB?..., R. Turolla and S.B. Popov Equation of State of Magnetar Crusts from Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov, Atomic Mass Models : 249 N. Chamel etal. Resonant Compton Upscattering in High Field Neutron Stars. 251 P.L. Gonthier et al. ' ' Pulsars are Born as Magnetars..." R. Heras ' Noise Strength Estimates of Three SGRs: Swift J , SGR J and Swift J MM. Serim, S.Q. inam, and A. Baykal Radio Timing Observa tions of Four Gamma-ray Pulsars at Nanshan J.P. Yuan etal.

7 Contents Session VI. From Past to Future Early Pulsar Observations in Australia : R. Wielebinski Pulsars at Very-High Energies: Prospects for CTA R. de los Reyes and B. Rudak POREC: Preliminary investigations Into the Slot Gap Model D. de Burca etal. ' ^ Concluding Remarks E.P.J, van den Heuvel y,. : ' Author Index. 281 r