| Issue |
A&A
Volume 425, Number 3, October III 2004
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 1009 - 1012 | |
| Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20034410 | |
| Published online | 28 September 2004 | |
Research Note
On the z-distribution of pulsars
1
Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Al.Kazbegi ave. 2a, Tbilisi 0160, Georgia
2
Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, Lubuska 2, 65-265, Zielona Góra, Poland e-mail: tmdzinarishvili@yahoo.com
Received:
26
September
2003
Accepted:
28
May
2004
The z-distribution of pulsars in the vicinity of the Sun
is investigated using data from the ATNF pulsar catalogue and the recent
model for the Galactic distribution of free electrons (NE2001). It
is found that the z-distribution of pulsars with 
mJy kpc2
is exponential with a characteristic scale height of about 350 pc. Evidence
of pulsar oscillations in the direction perpendicular
to the Galactic plane is presented.
Key words: Galaxy: stellar content / stars: neutron / stars: pulsars: general
© ESO, 2004
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