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Pulsar Investigation Using Interstellar Scintillation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T.V. Smirnova and
V.I. Shishov
T.V. Smirnova
Affiliation:
Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
V.I. Shishov
Affiliation:
Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

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We discuss the resolution of pulsar magnetospheres using interstellar scintillation. The two-dimensional spatial structure of pulsar emission zones can be obtained from analysis of diffractive scintillations at low frequencies. Based on refractive and diffractive scintillation of pulsars we can also reconstruct the distribution of turbulent plasma along the line of sight, and using this analysis a new approach to pulsar distance estimation can be made.

Keywords

pulsarscintillation

Information

Type
Chapter Two Pulsars: Their Scattering and Intrinsic Properties
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 182: Sources and Scintillations: Refraction and Scattering in Radio Astronomy , 2001, pp. 71 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 2001

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