Parkes observations for project P455 semester 2012OCTS

This project is to continue timing and profile studies of the first double-pulsar system, a unique laboratory for gravitational physics. The main aims of this proposal are to provide the strongest tests to date for general relativity and to measure for the first time the moment-of-inertia of a neutron star. Additionally, we will determine the system geometry and map the pulsar beams via geodetic precession.

本项目旨在延续对首个双脉冲星系统的计时与轮廓研究，该系统是引力物理学研究的独特实验平台。本项目的核心目标在于为广义相对论提供截至目前最为严苛的检验，并首次测量中子星的转动惯量。此外，我们将通过测地进动确定该双星系统的几何结构，并绘制脉冲星射电束的分布图谱。