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Coherent emission in pulsars, magnetars and Fast Radio Bursts: Free Electron Laser in guide field-dominated regime

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Abstract

We develop a model of the generation of coherent radio emission in the Crab pulsar, magnetars and Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). We first consider nonlinear Thomson scattering in a guide-field dominated regime, and apply to model to explain emission bands observed in Crab pulsar and in Fast Radio Bursts. We consider particle motion in a combined fields of the electromagnetic wave and the electromagnetic (Alfvenic) wiggler. Charge bunches, created via a ponderomotive force, Compton/Raman scatter the wiggler field coherently. The model is both robust to the underlying plasma parameters and succeeds in reproducing a number of subtle observed features

Presenters

  • Maxim Y Lyutikov

    Purdue University

Authors

  • Maxim Y Lyutikov

    Purdue University