Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
A brief discussion on the characteristics of pulsars is given followed by a review of millisecond pulsar discoveries including the very first, PRS B1937+21, discovered in 1982. Methods of timing millisecond pulsars and the accuracy of millisecond pulsars as clocks are discussed. Possible reasons for the pulse residuals, or differences between the observed and predicted pulse arrival times for millisecond pulsars, are given.
Keywords:
ASTRONOMY
Type:
Sky & Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604); 89; 4; p. 18-23
Format:
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