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I REPORT here some preliminary results of a statistical study of the spatial distribution of pulsars in the galaxy which have direct relevance to the pulsar–supernova hypothesis and to certain features in the observed distribution of pulsar galactic latitudes. I present evidence that most pulsars may have been formed in Type II supernova explosions and initially possessed extremely high velocities, of order 1,000 km s−1. On this basis, four new pulsar–supernova identifications are suggested.
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PRENTICE, A. On the Connexion between Pulsars and Supernovae. Nature 225, 438–439 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225438a0
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