Pulsars and the Interstellar Medium

  • What sort of ISM structures are responsible for the scattering imprints in average pulsar profiles?
  • What are the observable differences between low and high frequencies?
  • What are the best techniques to decouple intrinsic radio emission properties from propagation effects?
  • Can we use scintillation and scattering to derive a more detailed picture of pulsar magnetospheres?

We are pursuing the above questions, using novel techniques and high quality data from LOFAR and other telescopes.

Scattering