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Pulsar investigation using interstellar scintillation

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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.

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Smirnova, T., Shishov, V. Pulsar investigation using interstellar scintillation. Astrophysics and Space Science 278, 71–75 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013162600980

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