Relationship between pulsars and stellar associations

The spatial distribution of pulsars and stellar associations in the solar neighborhood is investigated on the basis of recent data. The distribution of young pulsars and stellar associations indicates fragments of the spiral structure of the galaxy. The similar spatial distributions of young pulsars and stellar associations can be considered as confirmation of the hypothesis that pulsars originate in stellar associations. Translated fromAstrofizika, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 60–65, February, 1997.