New Insights into Pulsars

Dear Colleagues,

Pulsars are rotating and radiating neutron stars and superb astrophysical laboratories of extreme physics. Even after 50 years since pulsar discovery, the physical mechanism of how the coherent radio emission is generated and what physics governs the wide range of phenomena in pulsars is considered one of the most challenging problems in astrophysics. The main obstacle in solving the pulsar radio emission problem lies in our inability to know the proper physics and solving techniques for charge generation, acceleration, and escape of radiation under extreme physical conditions. Thus, this area of research is highly multidisciplinary and input from theory, simulations, and observations is essential to make progress. It is hence remarkable that sustained research in pulsars in the last couple of decades has made quite a few advances. However, there is still quite a bit to understand about the local microphysics that causes a wide spectrum of the observed emission, the variety of time-varying phenomena in pulsars, etc.

In this Special Issue, among others, the following topics of interest are included:

• Neutron Stars: structure, evolution, magnetic fields, etc.;
• Across the spectrum;
• Radio observations of pulsars and fast radio burst;
• Physics of coherent radio emission;
• Pulsar weather;
• Magnetars: observations and theory;
• Future Prospects: pulsars and magnetars

Prof. Dr. Giorgi Melikidze
Dr. Dipanjan Mitra
Guest Editors

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• neutron stars
• radio observations of pulsars and fast radio burst
• radio emission
• magnetars