The galactic distribution of pulsars

Details The galactic distribution of pulsars The galactic distribution of pulsars

Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979aujph..32....1m&link_type=abstract

(Joint Australia-USSR-USA Symposium on Pulsars and Supernova Remnants, Sydney, Australia, Apr. 1978.) Australian Journal of Phys

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Milky Way Galaxy, Pulsars, Spatial Distribution, Star Distribution, Distribution Functions, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity

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Data from the second Molonglo pulsar survey have been analyzed to determine the galactic distribution of pulsars. The results show that the total number of active pulsars in the Galaxy (assuming that only 20% of these are observable because of beaming effects) is about 2 million. For a mean active lifetime of 10 million years, this implies that pulsars are born at the rate of one every five years. It is also shown that there is a correlation between pulsar period and distance from the galactic plane, with long-period pulsars being, on the average, more distant from the plane than short-period pulsars.

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