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The Galactic Electron Distribution from a Pulsar Survey

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Galactic Radio Astronomy

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The recent high-sensitivity pulsar survey at Jodrell Bank has allowed a statistical study of more distant objects. The longitude distribution suggests that many of the pulsars observed have distances greater than 5 kpc, leading to an upper limit of about 0.03 cm-3 for the mean electron density. The electron density averaged over distances of a few hundred parsecs seems to be very constant. The width of the electron distribution in the z-direction appears to be greater than about 600 pc.

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  1. Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, UK

    A. G. Lyne

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Lyne, A.G. (1974). The Galactic Electron Distribution from a Pulsar Survey. In: Kerr, F.J., Simonson, S.C. (eds) Galactic Radio Astronomy. International Astronomical Union/ Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2263-7_8

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