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    My name is Ricardo and I would like to say hello to everyone. In my last task when the Einstein screensaver is on I have DM of 732,40 pc/cm3 and a bar as the double weigth of the others, is this a Pulsar?

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    28 Dec 2009 16:31:02 UTC
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      My name is Ricardo and I would like to say hello to everyone. In my last task when the Einstein screensaver is on I have DM of 732,40 pc/cm3 and a bar as the double weigth of the others, is this a Pulsar?

      Don't know, but the project team provides a list of (re-)discovered pulsars.

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        My name is Ricardo and I would like to say hello to everyone. In my last task when the Einstein screensaver is on I have DM of 732,40 pc/cm3 and a bar as the double weigth of the others, is this a Pulsar?

        Don't know, but the project team provides a list of (re-)discovered pulsars.

        Michael


        Thanks for your time to answer my question. Can you tell me what means DM 732,40 pc/cm3, is it the density?
        Ricardo

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          My name is Ricardo and I would like to say hello to everyone. In my last task when the Einstein screensaver is on I have DM of 732,40 pc/cm3 and a bar as the double weigth of the others, is this a Pulsar?

          Don't know, but the project team provides a list of (re-)discovered pulsars.

          Michael


          Thanks for your time to answer my question. Can you tell me what means DM 732,40 pc/cm3, is it the density?
          Ricardo

          Hi!

          Here, DM stands for "dispersion measure". It's explained a bit in the Wikipedia article on Pulsars (look for "dispersion measure" on that page).

          In short, it's a measure of the number of free electrons along the line of sight between us and a pulsar.

          CU
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