The Galactic population and birth rate of radio pulsars

Details The Galactic population and birth rate of radio pulsars The Galactic population and birth rate of radio pulsars

2003-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308501v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, 4 figures, To appear in "Young Neutron Stars and Their Environments" (IAU Symposium 218, ASP Conference Proceedings),

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We review current understanding of the underlying, as opposed to the observed, pulsar population. The observed sample is heavily biased by selection effects, so that surveys see less than 10% of all potentially observable pulsars. We compare various techniques used to correct the sample for these biases. By far the most significant recent development has been the discovery of over 700 pulsars in the Parkes Multibeam (PM) survey. This new sample is far less affected by selection effects and we use it to make a preliminary analysis of the Galactic pulsar distribution, finding further evidence for a deficit of pulsars in the inner Galaxy.

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