Frequency-dependent dispersion measures and implications for pulsar timing
The dispersion measure (DM), the column density of free electrons to a pulsar, is shown to be frequency dependent because of multipath scattering from small-scale electron-density fluctuations. DMs vary between propagation paths whose transverse extent varies strongly with frequency, yielding arriva...
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Institute of Physics Publishing
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48339 |