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Chaos and Strange Attractors in Pulsar Intensity Records

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2017

Roger W. Romani ,
J. M. Rankin  and
D. C. Backer
Roger W. Romani
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
J. M. Rankin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Vermont
D. C. Backer
Affiliation:
Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California

Abstract

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We have examined high quality Arecibo data of three pulsars for evidence of strange attractors in pulse-to-pulse intensity fluctuations. Significant structure was found for PSR 0823+26, and seems related to pulse drifting and nulling activity. The low dimensionality of the possible attractor suggest that a simple dynamical model can explain this component of the flux variability.

Type
Part VIII Coherence phenomena
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 128: Magnetospheric structure and emission mechanisms of radio pulsars , 1992 , pp. 326 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © United States Naval Observatory 1992