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SUBMITTER: Gueroult R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642125 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gueroult Renaud R Shi Yuan Y Rax Jean-Marcel JM Fisch Nathaniel J NJ
Nature communications 20190719 1
Pulsars are rotating neutron stars emitting lighthouse-like beams. Owing to their unique properties, pulsars are a unique astrophysical tool to test general relativity, inform on matter in extreme conditions, and probe galactic magnetic fields. Understanding pulsar physics and emission mechanisms is critical to these applications. Here we show that mechanical-optical rotation in the pulsar magnetosphere affects polarisation in a way which is indiscernible from Faraday rotation in the interstella ...[more]