Investigation of the Mode-Switching Phenomenon in Pulsar B0329+54 Through Polarimetric Analysis

Abstract

The phenomenon of profile mode switching in pulsars, where the stable average pulse profile changes to another stable state on the timescale of a pulsar's period, remains poorly understood. We sought to understand how pulsars undergo profile mode switching through a comparative analysis of the polarization and geometry of the two different profile modes of PSR B0329+54. The polarization behavior and fitted parameters of the rotation-vector model remain constant between modes, and the emission height remains constant as well. These similarities lend support to a model of pair production in the surface plasma that would cause a change in the available electrons and therefore the differential emission intensity.

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