Sources and Scintillations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-2

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2. Introduction to Interstellar Scintillation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Radio Sources and Scintillation

      • Barney Rickett

      Pages 5-10

   3. The Galactic Distribution of Electron Density Microstructure Inferred from Radio Scattering Observations

      • James Cordes

      Pages 11-16

   4. Incompressible MHD Turbulence

      • Peter Goldreich

      Pages 17-23

   5. Pulsar Scintillation: Overview and Some Recent Results

      • Yashwant Gupta

      Pages 25-30

3. Pulsars: Their Scattering and Intrinsic Properties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey and Interstellar Scattering

      • R. N. Manchester

      Pages 33-38

   3. The Study of Scattering Effects by VLBI Observations of PSR 0329+54 with HALCA at 1650 MHZ

      • A. K. Yangalov, M. V. Popov, V. A. Soglasnov, K. V. Semenkov, H. Hirabayashi, X. Liu et al.

      Pages 39-42

   4. Frequency Structure of Radio Scintillations for Several Pulsars

      • V. I. Kondratiev, M. V. Popov, V. A. Soglasnov, S. V. Kostyuk

      Pages 43-46

   5. Optimizing Pulsar Searches Against Propagation Effects

      • James Cordes

      Pages 47-52

   6. Scattering Of The Low Frequency Pulsar Radiation

      • Arkady Kuzmin

      Pages 53-56

   7. Scintillation Observations Of Strong Northern Pulsars

      • Na Wang, R. N. Manchester, Aili Yusup, Xinji Wu, Jin Zhang, Maozheng Chen

      Pages 57-60

   8. Giant Radio Pulses from Pulsars

      • Ashok K. Singal

      Pages 61-64

   9. Studying Pulsar Emission Regions Using Interstellar Scattering

      • Carl R. Gwinn

      Pages 65-70

   10. Pulsar Investigation Using Interstellar Scintillation

       • T. V. Smirnova, V. I. Shishov

       Pages 71-75

   11. Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Pulsar Magnetospheres

       • Ya. Istomin

       Pages 77-80

   12. Looking Into Pulsar Magnetospheres

       • Maxim Lyutikov

       Pages 81-84

4. Intra-Day Variability, Gravitational Lensing and Polarization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Radio Intra-Day Variability: Answers and Questions

      • David L. Jauncey, Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer, James E. J. Lovell, Jean-Pierre Macquart, George D. Nicolson, Rick A. Perley et al.

      Pages 87-92

The genesis of IAU Colloquium 182, 'Sources and scintillations: refraction and scattering in radio astronomy,' can be traced to the desire, on the one hand, of Beijing Astronomical Observatory radio astronomers to organize a conference which would highlight the need for high sensitivity - as a way ofpromoting their own project to build the world's largest telescope (FAST) - and to a suggestion from Ron Ekers on the other. During a discussion with the two SOC co-chairs (as they then were not) in January 1999 in Epping, Ron noted the success ofa meeting on 'radio seeing' in Beijing in 1989, and wondered whether the time might not be ripe to organize another conference devoted to radio propagation. This set the ball rolling, and with enthusiastic input from SOC members, a successful application was made to the IAU. Later, the URSI also agreed to co-sponsor the meeting. From April 17-21, 2000, over 80 astronomers from a dozen countries met in Guiyang, China, to discuss the latestexciting results and theoretical ideas on radio propagation through interstellar, intergalactic and interplanetary space. These pro­ ceedings include almost all (95%) ofthe oral presentations given at the conference. In addition to the 52 talks presented during 5 days of the Colloquium, Ron Ekers gave a fine summary at the end to tie things up. There were also poster sessions where some twenty papers were displayed. Besides the scientific sessions, the LOC had organized a program for spouses and otheraccompanying persons.

• Planet
• active galactic nuclei
• astronomy
• gravitation
• gravitational lens
• gravity
• interstellar matter
• radio astronomy
• telescope

• ASTRON, Dwingeloo and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  R. Strom

• Beijing Astronomical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  P. Bo

• Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Sydney Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Australia

  M. Walker

• Beijing Astronomical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  N. Rendong

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