Tests of general relativity from timing the double pulsar

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5796, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Kramer, M ^a   Stairs, I H ^b   Manchester, R N ^c   McLaughlin, M A ^a,d   Lyne, A G ^a   Ferdman, R D ^b   Burgay, M ^e   Lorimer, D R ^a,d   Possenti, A ^e   D'Amico, N ^e,f   Sarkissian, J M ^c   Hobbs, G B ^c   Reynolds, J E ^c   Freire, P C C ^g   Camilo, F ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^g NAIC   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE PULSAR SYSTEM; GRAVITATIONAL THEORIES; NEUTRON STARS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HELIUM; RELATIVITY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ASTROPHYSICS;

HELIUM;

ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRAVITY; MASS; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VELOCITY;

EID: 33749614545     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132305     Document Type: Article

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