Abstract
AbstractThe puzzling mechanism of coherent radio emission remains unknown, but fortunately, repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) provide a precious opportunity, with extremely bright subpulses created in a clear and vacuum‐like pulsar magnetosphere. FRBs are millisecond‐duration signals that are highly dispersed at distant galaxies but with uncertain physical origin(s). Coherent curvature radiation by bunches has already been proposed for repeating FRBs. The charged particles are created during central star's quakes, which can form bunches streaming out along curved magnetic field lines, so as to trigger FRBs. The nature of narrow‐band radiation with time‐frequency drifting can be a natural consequence that bunches could be observed at different times with different curvatures. Additionally, high linear‐polarization can be seen if the line of sight is confined to the beam angle, whereas the emission could be highly circular‐polarized if off‐beam. It is also discussed that pulsar surface may be full of small hills (i.e., zits) which would help producing bulk of energetic bunches for repeating FRBs as well as for rotation‐powered pulsars.
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