Understanding Pulsar Magnetospheres with the SKAO
Abstract
The SKA telescopes will bring unparalleled sensitivity across a broad radio band, a wide field of view across the Southern sky, and the capacity for sub-arraying, all of which make them the ideal instruments for studying the pulsar magnetosphere. This chapter describes the advances that have been made in pulsar magnetosphere physics over the last decade, and details how these have been made possible through the advances of modern radio telescopes, particularly SKA precursors and pathfinders. It explains how the SKA telescopes would transform the field of pulsar magnetosphere physics through a combination of large-scale monitoring surveys and in-depth follow-up observations of unique sources and new discoveries. Finally, it describes how the specific observing opportunities available with the AA* and AA4 configurations will achieve the advances necessary to solve the problem of pulsar radio emission physics in the coming years.
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BibTeX
@misc{oswald2026understanding,
title = {{Understanding Pulsar Magnetospheres with the SKAO}},
author = {L.S Oswald and A Basu and M Chakraborty and B.C Joshi and N Lewandowska and K Liu and M.E Lower and A Philippov and X Song and P Tarafdar and J van Leeuwen and A.L Watts and P Weltevrede and G Wright and J Benáček and A Beri and S Cao and P Esposito and F. Jankowski and J.C Jiang and A Karastergiou and K.J Lee and N Rea and D Vohl},
howpublished = {HAL},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
eprint = {2607.05432},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05734244v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Understanding Pulsar Magnetospheres with the SKAO
AU - L.S Oswald
AU - A Basu
AU - M Chakraborty
AU - B.C Joshi
AU - N Lewandowska
AU - K Liu
AU - M.E Lower
AU - A Philippov
AU - X Song
AU - P Tarafdar
AU - J van Leeuwen
AU - A.L Watts
AU - P Weltevrede
AU - G Wright
AU - J Benáček
AU - A Beri
AU - S Cao
AU - P Esposito
AU - F. Jankowski
AU - J.C Jiang
AU - A Karastergiou
AU - K.J Lee
AU - N Rea
AU - D Vohl
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/02
PB - HAL
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05734244v1
AB - The SKA telescopes will bring unparalleled sensitivity across a broad radio band, a wide field of view across the Southern sky, and the capacity for sub-arraying, all of which make them the ideal instruments for studying the pulsar magnetosphere. This chapter describes the advances that have been made in pulsar magnetosphere physics over the last decade, and details how these have been made possible through the advances of modern radio telescopes, particularly SKA precursors and pathfinders. It explains how the SKA telescopes would transform the field of pulsar magnetosphere physics through a combination of large-scale monitoring surveys and in-depth follow-up observations of unique sources and new discoveries. Finally, it describes how the specific observing opportunities available with the AA* and AA4 configurations will achieve the advances necessary to solve the problem of pulsar radio emission physics in the coming years.
ER -