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Originally Posted by PraedSt
I'm finding that there could be hundreds and thousands of pulsars in our Galaxy. Is this true? All 'dim' pulsars though. Hmm.
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That sounds about right. From
McLaughlin et al 2005:-
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Assuming that the total Galactic population of active radio pulsars is of order 10^5 (e.g. ref. 15), this discovery increases the current Galactic population estimates by at least several times.
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"This discovery" refers to Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) which appear to be old pulsars with long periods (>>4s) and have been linked to DINS.