Exploring the Galactic plasma with pulsars in the SKA Era
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The ionised media that permeate the Milky Way have been active topics of research since the discovery of pulsars in 1967. In fact, pulsars allow one to study several aspects of said plasma, such as their column density, turbulence, scattering measures, and discrete, intervening structures in between the neutron star and the observer, and aspects of the magnetic field throughout. Such sources of information allow us to characterise the electron distribution in the terrestrial ionosphere, the Solar Wind, and our Galaxy and the impact on other experiments involving pulsars such as Pulsar Timing Arrays. In this article, we review the state-of-the-art of plasma research using pulsars, the aspects that should be taken into consideration for optimal plasma studies, and we provide future perspectives on improvements to those enabled by the SKA.
Source: The Open Journal of Astrophysics
DOI: 10.33232/001c.154250
Authors: Caterina Tiburzi, Michael Lam, Daniel Reardon, Nataliya Porayko, Maaijke Mevius, Stella Koch Ocker, Sai Susarla, Joanne Dawson, Adam Deller, Golam M Shaifullah, Mark Walker, Weicong Jing, Marisa Geyer, Francesco A Iraci, Ramesh N. D. Bhat, Lina Levin, Michael Keith, SKA Pulsar Science Working Group
Institutions: National Institute for Astrophysics, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Swinburne University of Technology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Macquarie University, University of Milano-Bicocca, National Astronomical Observatories, University of Cape Town, University of Cagliari, Italian Aerospace Research Centre, University of Manchester
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417496180
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