Testing GR with the Double Pulsar: Recent Results

Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Kramer, M.
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Lorimer, D. R.
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Lyne, A. G.
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McLaughlin, M.
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Camilo, F.
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Freire, P. C. C.
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Joshi, B. C.
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Manchester, R. N.
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Reynolds, J.
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Sarkissian Australia Telescope National Facility, J.
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Csiro
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Stairs, Australia I. H.
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Ferdman, R. D.
DOI
Abstract
This first ever double pulsar system consists of two pulsars orbiting the common center of mass in a slightly eccentric orbit of only 2.4-hr duration. The pair of pulsars with pulse periods of 22 ms and 2.8 sec, respectively, confirms the long-proposed recycling theory for millisecond pulsars and provides an exciting opportunity to study the works of pulsar magnetospheres by a very fortunate geometrical alignment of the orbit relative to our line-of-sight. In particular, this binary system represents a truly unique laboratory for relativistic gravitational physics. This contribution serves as an update on the currently obtained results and their consequences for the test of general relativity in the strong-field regime. A complete and more up-to-date report of the timing results will be presented elsewhere shortly.
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The 22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
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Chen, Pisin; Bloom, Elliott; Madejski, Greg; Patrosian,Vahe
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142
Conferenece
The 22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
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Stanford, California
Conferenece date
December 13-17, 2004
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2005tsra.conf..142K
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