{ "id": "1801.04318", "version": "v1", "published": "2018-01-12T21:21:42.000Z", "updated": "2018-01-12T21:21:42.000Z", "title": "Pulsar timing and its applications", "authors": [ "R N Manchester" ], "comment": "Presented at Physics of Neutron Stars - 2017. 50 years after, Saint Petersburg, July 2017, J. Physics Conf. Ser., 932, 012002", "doi": "10.1088/1742-6596/932/1/012002", "categories": [ "astro-ph.HE" ], "abstract": "Pulsars are remarkably precise \"celestial clocks\" that can be used to explore many different aspects of physics and astrophysics. In this article I give a brief summary of pulsar properties and describe some of the applications of pulsar timing, including tests of theories of gravitation, efforts to detect low-frequency gravitational waves using pulsar timing arrays and establishment a \"pulsar timescale\".", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2018-01-12T21:21:42.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "applications", "detect low-frequency gravitational waves", "celestial clocks", "brief summary", "pulsar properties" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "IOP" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }