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Millisecond pulsars as standards: Timing, positioning and communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

Clément Vidal
Clément Vidal*
Affiliation:
Center Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Krijgskundestraat 33, 1160 Brussels, Belgium email: contact@clemvidal.com
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Abstract

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Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) have a great potential to set standards in timekeeping, positioning and metadata communication.

Keywords

Pulsars: general, timeX-ray pulsar navigationextraterrestrial intelligence
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S337: Pulsar Astrophysics the Next Fifty Years , September 2017 , pp. 418 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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