Do we expect to see young pulsars outside their parent shells?
by B. M. Gaensler and Simon Johnston
This paper has been published in Publications of the Astronomical
Society of Australia, vol 12, page 76 (1995).
Abstract
A recent study has indicated that a substantial fraction of young pulsars born in
supernovae have travelled outside the boundaries of their
corresponding shell supernova
remnant. A simple model suggests that this should not be the case, implying
that either some postulated pulsar/remnant associations are false, or
that pulsars are particularly difficult to detect until they have emerged from
their remnant.
Keywords: Stars:Statistics, Stars:Pulsars:General, Stars:Supernovae:General
Last updated: 18th July, 1995
Bryan Gaensler
bgaensler@usyd.edu.au