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Associations between pulsars and supernova remnants
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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We have performed Monte Carlo simulations of the Galactic supernova (SN), supernova remnant (SNR) and pulsar (PSR) populations, and find that even if every SN forms a fast-spinning pulsar, the number of shell type remnants which are expected to have an associated pulsar is even less than observed. We conclude that most shell SNRs will not have a detectable pulsar associated with them, and that many claimed associations are merely geometric projection.
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- Part 6 Winds and the ISM
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress , 1996 , pp. 385 - 386
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996
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