Pulsars as probes of gravity and fundamental physics

2016/06/13 by Michael Kramer · 64 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #General relativity #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Gravitational wave #Neutron star #Pulsar #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Range (aeronautics) #Strong gravity #Tests of general relativity #Theory of relativity #astro-ph.HE #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271816300299

published in International Journal of Modern Physics D 25(14), 1630029 (World Scientific) · 22 pages, 1 figures, in Proceedings of 14th Marcel-Grossmann Meeting, to appear in IJMPD

arxiv created 2016/06/13 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2016/07/20 · arxiv updated 2017/01/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Radio-loud neutron stars known as pulsars allow a wide range of experimental tests for fundamental physics, ranging from the study of super-dense matter to tests of General Relativity (GR) and its alternatives. As a result, pulsars provide strong-field tests of gravity, they allow for the direct detection of gravitational waves in a “pulsar timing array” (PTA), and they promise the future study of black hole properties. This contribution gives an overview of the on-going experiments and recent results.

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