In summary...

• Radio emission - coherent - curvature radiation at polar caps

• X-ray emission - incoherent - synchrotron radiation at light cylinder

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To summarize:

The radio emission from pulsars is probably by coherent curvature radiation from the polar caps

The X-ray emission is probably due to incoherent synchrotron radiation at the light cylinder.