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Geodetic Precession in PSR B1534+12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

I. H. Stairs ,
S. E. Thorsett ,
J. H. Taylor  and
Z. Arzoumanian
I. H. Stairs
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL UK
S. E. Thorsett
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
J. H. Taylor
Affiliation:
Joseph Henry Laboratories and Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
Z. Arzoumanian
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mailstop 662.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Abstract

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We present Arecibo observations of PSR B1534+12 which confirm previous suggestions that the pulse profile is evolving secularly. This effect is similar to that seen in PSR B1913+16, and is almost certainly due to general relativistic precession of the pulsar’s spin axis.

Type
Part 2. Timing, General Relativity and Astrometry
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 177: Pulsar Astronomy -2000 and Beyond , 2000 , pp. 121 - 124
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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