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The Galactic Population of Pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

M. I. Large
M. I. Large*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory, Jodrell Bank, U.K.

Abstract

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This paper examines the distribution of pulsars in the Galaxy and compares it with the distribution of supernova remnants. The dispersion measure has been used as a distance indicator to obtain the distribution in luminosity, z-distance and period of the pulsars. The z-distance distribution is similar within the uncertainties to that of the supernova remnants. An estimate of the total number of pulsars in the Galaxy with a peak luminosity ≥ 1 fu(dm)2 gives 5 × 105 within a factor of 10. The data is consistent with the hypothesis that pulsars are formed at the same rate as supernovae, if the pulsars are assumed to have a timescale of 107yr.

Type
Session 3
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 46: The Crab Nebula , 1971 , pp. 165 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971 

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