Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Distance of Pulsars and the Interstellar Electron Gas

Abstract

Information about the interstellar distribution of hydrogen can help to refine estimates of pulsar distances.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Pilkington, J. D. H., Hewish, A., Bell, S. J., and Cole, T. W., Nature, 218, 126 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Lyne, A. G., and Rickett, B. J., Nature, 218, 326 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Grewing, M., Mebold, U., and Rohlfs, K., Nature, 221, 751 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Shuter, W. L. H., Venugopal, V. R., and Mahoney, M. J., Nature, 220, 357 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Kerr, F. J., Proc. I A U Symp. No. 20 (Canberra–Sydney), 81 (1963).

  6. Kerr, F. J., and Westerhout, G., in Stars and Stellar Systems (edit. by Blaauw, A., and Schmidt, M.), 5, 167 (Chicago, 1965).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Venugopal, V. R., and Shuter, W. L. H., Mon. Not. Roy. Astro. Soc., 143, 27 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Ellis, G. R. A., and Hamilton, P. A., Ap. J., 146, 78 (1966).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Bridle, A. H., Nature, 221, 648 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Smith, F. G., Mon. Not. Roy. Astro. Soc., 131, 145 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Rodgers, A. W., Campbell, C. T., Whiteoak, J. B., Bailey, H. H., and Hunt, V. O., An Atlas of H-Alpha Emission in the Southern Milky Way, Mt. Stromlo, Canberra (1960).

  12. Gordon, C. P., Gordon, K. J., and Shalloway, A. M., (in the press, 1969).

  13. Large, M. I., Vaughan, A. E., and Mills, B. Y., Nature, 220, 340 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. Poveda, A., and Woltjer, L., Astron. J., 73, 65 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. Davies, J. G., Hunt, G. C., and Smith, F. G., Nature, 221, 27 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. Cole, T. W., Nature, 221, 29 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. Hayakawa, S., Nishimura, S., and Takayanagi, K., Publ. Astr. Soc. Japan, 13 184.

  18. Pikelner, S. B., Astron. J. (USSR), 44, 915 (1967).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Habing, H. J., and Pottasch, S. R., Ap. J., 149, L119 (1967).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Pottasch, S. R., Bull. Astron. Soc., 19, 469 (1968).

    ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Spitzer, L., and Tomasko, M. G., Ap. J., 152, 971 (1968).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Takakubo, K., Sci. Rep. Tohuku Univ., Series I, 47, 65 (1963).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. van de Hulst, Rev. Mod. Phys., 30, 913 (1958).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Smith, F. G., Nature, 218, 325 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. Smith, F. G., Nature, 220, 891 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. Radhakrishnan, V., Cooke, D. J., Komesaroff, M. M., and Morris, D., Nature, 221, 443 (1969).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. Davies, R. D., Nature, 218, 435 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  28. Okuda, H., and Tanaka, V., Bull. Astron. Soc., 20, 129 (1968).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. Bingham, R. G., and Shakeshaft, J. R., Mon. Not. Roy. Astro. Soc., 136, 347 (1967).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

DAVIES, R. Distance of Pulsars and the Interstellar Electron Gas. Nature 223, 355–358 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223355a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/223355a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing