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Title:
Strong-Field Tests of Gravity with the Double Pulsar
Authors:
Kramer, M.
Affiliation:
AA(University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Jodrell Bank)
Publication:
Relativistic Astrophysics Legacy and Cosmology - Einstein's Legacy, ESO Astrophysics Symposia. ISBN 978-3-540-74712-3. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007, p. 87
Publication Date:
00/2007
Origin:
SPRINGER
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2007: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-74713-0_19
Bibliographic Code:
2007ralc.conf...87K

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.
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