Abstract
We show that depending on the type of pulsar evolutional model one adopts, the phenomenon of nulling is found to be either intrinsic to all pulsars, occurring during a particular stage of its life, or may be peculiar to only a class of pulsars.
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Okeke, P.N., Akujor, C.E. On the origin of pulsar ‘nulling’. Astrophys Space Sci 84, 243–246 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713639
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