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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 549, Issue 1, Pages L97-L100Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/319133
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ISM : general; ISM : structure; pulsars : general; techniques : spectroscopic
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We have made high-resolution, high-sensitivity dynamic spectra of a sample of strong pulsars at 430 MHz with the Arecibo radio telescope. For four pulsars we find faint but sharply delineated features in the secondary spectra. These are examples of the previously observed crisscross or multiple drift slope phenomenon presumed to be due to multiple imaging of the pulsar by the interstellar medium (ISM). The unprecedented resolution and dynamic range of our observations allow a deeper level of analysis. Distances to the dominant scattering screen along the line of sight are determined and are shown to agree well with those inferred from other scintillation phenomena. Multiple imaging of the pulsar by the ISM is required. A compact central image surrounded by a faint scattering halo, roughly circularly symmetric, is consistent with the data. Scattering from filaments may also be consistent. The angular extent of the scattering material parallel to the direction of the pulsar velocity is similar to5 mas, corresponding to a linear extent of similar to2 AU. Further observations of these features should allow better discrimination between models and an identification of the scattering structures.
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