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Title: | The Role of Binary Pulsars in Testing Gravity Theories | Authors: | POSSENTI, ANDREA BURGAY, MARTA |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Volume: | Gravity: Where Do We Stand? | First Page: | 279 | Abstract: | Radio pulsars are neutron stars (NSs) which emit collimated beams of radio waves, observed as pulses, once per rotation of the NS. A subgroup of the radio pulsars behave as highly stable clocks and monitoring the times of arrival of their radio pulses can provide an accurate determination of their positional, rotational, and orbital parameters, as well as indications on the properties of their space-time environment. In this chapter, we focus on the so-called relativistic binary pulsars, recycled NSs orbiting around a compact companion star. Some of them can be used as unique tools to test general relativity and other gravitational theories. The methodology for exploiting these sources as laboratories for gravity theories is first explained and then some of the most relevant recent results are reviewed. <P /> | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/24386 | URL: | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-20224-2_8 | ISBN: | 978-3-319-20223-5 | DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-20224-2_8 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016gwdw.book..279P | Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 2.01 Capitoli o saggi in libro |
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