Type

Article

Keywords

Galaxy: fundamental parameters, ISM: abundances, ISM: clouds, ISM: structure, pulsars: general, radio lines: ISM

Abstract

We have used the Arecibo telescope to measure the H i absorption spectra of eight pulsars. We show how kinematic distance measurements depend on the values of the Galactic constants R0 and 0, and we select our preferred current values from the literature. We then derive kinematic distances for the low-latitude pulsars in our sample and electron densities along their lines of sight. We combine these measurements with all others in the inner Galactic plane visible from Arecibo to study the electron density in this region.

Language

English

Department(s)

Physics and Astronomy

Journal or Book Title

Astrophysical Journal

Publication Year

2008

Issue Month/Season

February

DOI

10.1086/523345

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Rights Management

Carleton College does not own the copyright to this work and the work is available through the Carleton College Library following the original publisher policies regarding self-archiving. For more information on the copyright status of this work, refer to the current copyright holder.

RoMEO Color

Green

Preprint Archiving

Yes

Postprint Archiving

Yes

Publisher PDF Archiving

Yes

Contributing Organization

Carleton College

Format

application/pdf

Included in

Physics Commons

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