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view Abstract Citations (27) References (10) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS VLA and Low-Frequency VLBI Observations of the Radio Source 0503+467: Austere Constraints on Interstellar Scattering in Two Media Spangler, Steven R. ; Fey, Alan L. ; Cordes, James M. Abstract The radio source 0503 + 467 lies near the Galactic plane (l = 161.0 deg, b = 3.7 deg) and at the edge of the supernova remnant (SNR) HB 9. The VLA observations show that it has a spectrum typical of a compact extragalactic radio source. The resultant small angular size of the source makes it an excellent probe of turbulence in two media: the diffuse, or 'type A', component of interstellar turbulence and a hypothesized region of hydromagnetic turbulence upstream of the supernova remnant. An eight-station VLBI experiment at 326 MHz indicates that the source is less than about 20 milliarcseconds (mas) in angular diameter. A value of 16 mas is most appropriate as an upper limit to the interstellar scattering contribution to the measured angular size. The implications of this upper limit are twofold. First, the galactocentric radial scale to the type-A turbulence is probably less than or equal to about 6 kpc. Second, no evidence is seen for shock-associated turbulence upstream of HB 9. The measurements make it possible to constrain a parameter which is a function of the rms density fluctuation in the upstream region, the outer scale to the density turbulence, and the thickness of SNR foreshock region. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: November 1987 DOI: 10.1086/165785 Bibcode: 1987ApJ...322..909S Keywords: Extragalactic Radio Sources; Interstellar Matter; Radio Astronomy; Very Large Array (Vla); Very Long Base Interferometry; Astronomical Maps; Constraints; Cosmic Plasma; Plasma Turbulence; Supernova Remnants; Astrophysics; NEBULAE: SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; PLASMAS; TURBULENCE full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (10)
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