The timing behaviour of radio pulsars

2009/11/30 by G. Hobbs, Hobbs, G.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #FOS: Physical sciences #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0911.5534

o appear in Proceedings for "Compact stars in the QCD phase diagram II (CSQCD II), May 20-24, 2009, KIAA at Peking University, Beijing - P. R. China [http://vega.bac.pku.edu.cn/rxxu/csqcd.htm]

arxiv created 2009/11/30 · openalex publication_date 2009/11/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The purpose of this review paper is to summarise the pulsar timing method, to provide an overview of recent research into the spin-down of pulsars over decadal timescales and to highlight the science that can be achieved using high-precision timing of millisecond pulsars.

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