The extent to which the pulsar sample is incomplete can be seen from the cumulative number
of pulsars as a function of the projected distance from the Sun. In Figure 11 the observed
distribution is compared to the expected distribution for a simple model population with no
selection effects. The observed number distribution becomes strongly deficient beyond a few
kpc.
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