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To statistically characterize the true spatial and luminosity distribution of the overall galactic pulsar population by correcting for observational selection effects.

April 1, 1985Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The galactic population of pulsars

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ALA. G. LyneWest Virginia University RMR. N. ManchesterWest Virginia University JTJ. H. TaylorMetropolitan State University of Denver

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Observational survey analysis reveals approximately 70,000 active pulsars across the Milky Way, indicating strong central concentration and high vertical scale heights.

Key Points

To statistically characterize the true spatial and luminosity distribution of the overall galactic pulsar population by correcting for observational selection effects.
Analyzed an observational sample of 316 pulsars discovered across major surveys at Jodrell Bank, Arecibo, Molonglo, and Green Bank.
Quantified survey selection effects and implemented a distance scale derived from a galactic free-electron distribution model calibrated using 38 independent distance measurements.
The Galaxy contains approximately 70,000 potentially observable pulsars with luminosities exceeding 0.3 mJy kpc², with the vast majority exhibiting luminosities below 10 mJy kpc².
The spatial distribution in galactocentric radius peaks interior to 6 kpc, and the vertical distribution displays a scale height of approximately 400 pc, substantially larger than that of progenitor OB stars.

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Lyne et al. (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a171287f3be5e880d6bea46 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/213.3.613

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Observational survey analysis reveals approximately 70,000 active pulsars across the Milky Way, indicating strong central concentration and high vertical scale heights.

The galactic population of pulsars

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The galactic population of pulsars

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