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Pulsar distances, spiral structure and the interstellar medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

B. Y. Mills
B. Y. Mills*
Affiliation:
Cornell-Sydney University Astronomy Center, University of Sydney, Australia

Abstract

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The distances of all pulsars are calculated on the assumption that they are immersed in a uniform medium of average electron density 0.06 cm−3. It then appears that the pulsars are concentrated towards the local and Sagittarius spiral features and that their mean height above the plane is consistent with that of known supernova remnants. The mean distances appear to be approximately correct, but individual distances are uncertain by about a factor of two. Evidence from radio continuum results supports this model of the ionized interstellar medium.

Type
Part II/Observations of Spiral Structure in Our Galaxy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970 , pp. 178 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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