1. Proper Motion of Pulsar B1800-21
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Brisken, W. F., Carrillo-Barragan, M., Kurtz, S., and Finley, J. P.
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Astrophysics - Abstract
We report high angular resolution, multi-epoch radio observations of the young pulsar PSR B1800-21. Using two pairs of data sets, each pair spanning approximately a ten year period, we calculate the proper motion of the pulsar. We obtain a proper motion of mu_alpha=11.6 +- 1.8 mas/yr, mu_delta=14.8 +- 2.3 mas/yr, which clearly indicates a birth position at the extreme edge of the W30 supernova remnant. Although this does not definitively rule out an association of W30 and PSR B1800-21, it does not support an association., Comment: 13 pages, 1 color figure. Replaced with version accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal
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- 2006
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