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Radio Pulsar Sub-Populations (II) : The Mysterious RRATs

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arxiv 2201.00295 v2 pith:AHOG6DAT submitted 2022-01-02 astro-ph.HE

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Several conjectures have been put forward to explain the RRATs, the newest subclass of neutron stars, and their connections to other radio pulsars. This work discusses these conjectures in the context of the characteristic properties of the RRAT population. Contrary to expectations, it is seen that - a) the RRAT population is statistically un-correlated with the nulling pulsars, and b) the RRAT phenomenon is unlikely to be related to old age or death-line proximity. It is perhaps more likely that the special emission property of RRATs is a signature of them being later evolutionary phases of other types of neutron stars which may have resulted in restructuring of the magnetic fields.

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