Some newly discovered pulsars have a dispersion measure much higher than expected values (IMAGE)

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Some newly discovered pulsars have a dispersion measure much higher than expected values

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Some newly discovered pulsars have a dispersion measure much higher than expected values, challenging the best current models of electron density distribution in the Milky Way.

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