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The Galactic Distribution of Electron Density Microstructure Inferred from Radio Scattering Observations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

James Cordes
James Cordes*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, Cornell University

Abstract

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I first review the observables and optics of interstellar seeing associated with radio wave scattering in the interstellar medium. I then describe the Galactic distribution of electron density and its fluctuations, as inferred from a number of observables, including angular and pulse broadening, diffractive scintillations, and dispersion measures. Propects for improving the Galactic model are outlined.

Keywords

interstellar mediumelectron densityturbulence

Information

Type
Chapter One Introduction to Interstellar Scintillation
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 182: Sources and Scintillations: Refraction and Scattering in Radio Astronomy , 2001 , pp. 11 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 2001

Footnotes

*

Work supported by NSF Grant 9819931.

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