Very high polarization of the Geminga pulsar gamma radiation
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It is noted that the weak pulsar theory predicts very high linear polarization of gamma radiation for the Geminga-like pulsars. In the bridge region, the degree of polarization reaches almost 75%, with an approximately constant position angle. Within the pulses, the position angle changes, and the degree of polarization drops considerably. But even the pulse-integrated emission is expected to be highly polarized.
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