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Radio signals from pulsars are significantly affected by scattering in the interstellar medium. A review of this phenomenon of pulsar scintillation forms the main objective of this paper. The basic concepts are described and some new results related to the following aspects are presented: (i) understanding of refractive scintillation effects and (ii) constraining the spectrum of electron density fluctuations in the interstellar medium.
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Gupta, Y. Pulsar Scintillation: Overview and Some Recent Results. Astrophysics and Space Science 278, 25–30 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013169420118
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