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Probing fundamental physics with pulsars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Duncan R. Lorimer  and
Maura A. McLaughlin
Duncan R. Lorimer
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, 210 Hodges Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA email: duncan.lorimer@mail.wvu.edu and maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu
Maura A. McLaughlin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, 210 Hodges Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA email: duncan.lorimer@mail.wvu.edu and maura.mclaughlin@mail.wvu.edu
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Pulsars provide a wealth of information about General Relativity, the equation of state of superdense matter, relativistic particle acceleration in high magnetic fields, the Galaxy's interstellar medium and magnetic field, stellar and binary evolution, celestial mechanics, planetary physics and even cosmology. The wide variety of physical applications currently being investigated through studies of radio pulsars rely on: (i) finding interesting objects to study via large-scale and targeted surveys; (ii) high-precision timing measurements which exploit their remarkable clock-like stability. We review current surveys and the principles of pulsar timing and highlight progress made in the rotating radio transients, intermittent pulsars, tests of relativity, understanding pulsar evolution, measuring neutron star masses and the pulsar timing array

Keywords

stars: neutrongravitationequation of state
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 131 - 136
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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