Drift Wave Model of Rotating Radio Transients

TL;DR

This paper proposes a new model for Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) as pulsars with specific spin parameters influenced by nearly transverse drift waves in their magnetospheres, explaining their burst-like behavior.

Contribution

It introduces a drift wave-based model for RRATs, offering an alternative to the precessing pulsar hypothesis and explaining their unique emission features.

Findings

Drift waves can naturally explain RRAT burst behavior.

The model accounts for the magnetic and rotational properties of RRATs.

It challenges the precessing pulsar model as the primary explanation.

Abstract

During the last few years there were discovered and deeply examined several transient neutron stars (Rotating Radio Transients). It is already well accepted that these objects are rotating neutron stars. But their extraordinary features (burst-like behavior) made necessary revision of well accepted models of pulsar interior structure. Nowadays most popular model for RRATs is precessing pulsar model, which is the subject of big discussion. We assume that these objects are pulsars with specific spin parameters. An important feature of our model, naturally explaining most of the properties of these neutron stars, is presence of very low frequency, nearly transverse drift waves propagating across the magnetic field and encircling the open field lines region of the pulsar magnetosphere.