A new technique for timing the double pulsar system Export

@article{citeulike:4132331, abstract = {McLaughlin et al. discovered a drifting sub-pulse phenomenon in the radio emission of PSR J0737-3039B (B) caused by electromagnetic radiation from PSR J0737-3039A (A). Here we describe a geometrical model which predicts the delay of B's sub-pulses relative to A's radio pulses. As we demonstrate, this technique provides a new way of timing A's radio pulses from the point of view of an hypothetical observer located at B. We detail three astrophysical applications of measuring these delays: (a) to determine the sense of rotation of A relative to its orbital plane; (b) to estimate where in B's magnetosphere the radio sub-pulses are generated and (c) to provide an independent estimate of the mass ratio of A and B. The latter might improve existing tests of gravitational theories using this system.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Freire, P. C. C. and Wex, N. and Kramer, M. and Lorimer, D. R. and Mclaughlin, M. A. and Stairs, I. H. and Rosen, R. and Lyne, A. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {4132331}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0073}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0903.0073}, day = {28}, eprint = {0903.0073}, keywords = {doublepulsar, msp}, month = {Feb}, posted-at = {2009-03-04 17:00:47}, priority = {2}, title = {A new technique for timing the double pulsar system}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0073}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4132331 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4132331 N2 - McLaughlin et al. discovered a drifting sub-pulse phenomenon in the radio emission of PSR J0737-3039B (B) caused by electromagnetic radiation from PSR J0737-3039A (A). Here we describe a geometrical model which predicts the delay of B's sub-pulses relative to A's radio pulses. As we demonstrate, this technique provides a new way of timing A's radio pulses from the point of view of an hypothetical observer located at B. We detail three astrophysical applications of measuring these delays: (a) to determine the sense of rotation of A relative to its orbital plane; (b) to estimate where in B's magnetosphere the radio sub-pulses are generated and (c) to provide an independent estimate of the mass ratio of A and B. The latter might improve existing tests of gravitational theories using this system. TI - A new technique for timing the double pulsar system KW - doublepulsar KW - msp AU - Freire, PCC AU - Wex, N AU - Kramer, M AU - Lorimer, DR AU - Mclaughlin, MA AU - Stairs, IH AU - Rosen, R AU - Lyne, AG PY - 2009/Feb/28/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0073 ER -