The effect of the Solar wind on low-frequency observations of pulsars

Abstract

We operate the six German stations of the LOw Frequency ARray as standalone telescopes to observe more than 100 pulsars every week. To date, we have collected almost four years of high-quality data at an unprecedented weekly cadence. This allows us to perform a wide variety of analyses aimed at characterising the magnetoionic plasma crossed by pulsar radiation. In particular, our studies are focused on electron density variations in the interstellar and interplanetary media, the Galactic and interplanetary magnetic field, scintillation, and extreme scattering events. Here we report the first results from our Solar wind monitoring campaign.

4 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 337 - Pulsar Astrophysics: The Next Fifty Years

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