Pulsar investigation using interstellar scintillation

Authors: Smirnova T.V.; Shishov V.I.

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 278, Numbers 1-2, 2001 , pp. 71-75(5)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

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: pulsar; scintillation

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Publication date: 2001-01-01

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