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Studying Pulsar Emission Regions Using Interstellar Scattering

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Radio-wave scattering in the interstellar plasma provides the means to circumvent the diffraction limit for earth-based instruments, and to image the emission regions of pulsars. For the past 25 years, observers have sought to exploit this fact to learn how pulsars shine. I review the techniques developed, and summarize measurements of size of emission regions of pulsars to date.

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Gwinn, C.R. Studying Pulsar Emission Regions Using Interstellar Scattering. Astrophysics and Space Science 278, 65–70 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013102429204

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