Exploring the Galactic plasma with pulsars in the SKA Era
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 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 have an important 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.
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BibTeX
@misc{tiburzi2026exploring,
title = {{Exploring the Galactic plasma with pulsars in the SKA Era}},
author = {Caterina Tiburzi and M.T Lam and D.J Reardon and N.K Porayko and M Mevius and S.K Ocker and S.C Susarla and J.R Dawson and J.P.W Verbiest and A Deller and G.M Shaifullah and N.D.R Bhat and Jean-Mathias Griessmeier and M Walker and W Jing and F.A Iraci and M Geyer and L Levin and M.J Keith},
howpublished = {HAL},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
eprint = {2607.06096},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05734272v1},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Exploring the Galactic plasma with pulsars in the SKA Era
AU - Caterina Tiburzi
AU - M.T Lam
AU - D.J Reardon
AU - N.K Porayko
AU - M Mevius
AU - S.K Ocker
AU - S.C Susarla
AU - J.R Dawson
AU - J.P.W Verbiest
AU - A Deller
AU - G.M Shaifullah
AU - N.D.R Bhat
AU - Jean-Mathias Griessmeier
AU - M Walker
AU - W Jing
AU - F.A Iraci
AU - M Geyer
AU - L Levin
AU - M.J Keith
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/02
PB - HAL
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05734272v1
AB - 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 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 have an important 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.
ER -