Suppose you were examining a pulsing radio signal from a stellar remnant in a distant part of the Milky Way. Knowing that ionizied gas in intestellar space causes dispersion of the radio waves, what effect would you expect this to have on the signal?

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Natalie Walter

21 January, 10:10

Suppose you were examining a pulsing radio signal from a stellar remnant in a distant part of the Milky Way. Knowing that ionizied gas in intestellar space causes dispersion of the radio waves, what effect would you expect this to have on the signal?

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Dexter Shah · Answer 1

- Time delta is associated with difference in wavelengths

Explanation:

When pulsating radio waves consisting of different wavelengths pass through the ionized gas in interstellar space, the fast oscillating radio waves travel relatively faster than the slowly oscillating radio waves. As a result radio waves get dispersed and there is a time difference between the radio waves with different wavelength when the pulses arrive.