Relativistic rotating vector model for X-ray millisecond pulsars
Relativistic rotating vector model for X-ray millisecond pulsars
The X-ray radiation produced on the surface of accreting magnetised neutron stars is expected to be strongly polarised. A swing of the polarisation vector with the pulsar phase gives a direct measure of the source inclination and magnetic obliquity. In the case of rapidly rotating millisecond pulsars, the relativistic motion …