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Amplitude Variations in Pulsed Radio Sources

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Refraction by irregularities in the interstellar medium may cause the long period fluctuations in the amplitudes of radio signals from the pulsed sources.

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SCHEUER, P. Amplitude Variations in Pulsed Radio Sources. Nature 218, 920–922 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218920a0

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