Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2000
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New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 44, Issue 4-6, p. 375-377.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
A possibility of obtaining information on small-scale inhomogeneities of the electron component of the local interstellar medium (LISM) was investigated using interstellar scintillations of extragalactic radio sources. We analysed Culgoora array observational variability data of 190 extragalactic radio sources, covering most of the sky, at 80 and 160 MHz. The variability at time scales from 1 month to 15 years is interpreted as refractive interstellar scintillations in fast-moving nearby (less than 150 pc) hot gas, near shock waves in the LISM. An all-sky map of scintillation indices, /m, averaged over three-five sources closest to one another, shows several /m maxima. Two of the three most pronounced maxima are probably connected with Loop I; the third one coincides with the soft X-ray (0.1-0.3 keV) background maximum near the South Galactic Pole. Other, less certain, /m maxima probably correspond to the Orion star-formation region and to a soft X-ray maximum near the North Galactic Pole. The `free-of-gas' tunnel in the direction /l=240° corresponds to low values of /m. The estimated time scale of interstellar scintillations on the above-mentioned LISM structures is in agreement with that of the observed radio-source variations.
Bochkarev Nikolai G.
Ryabov M. I.
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