Timing Measurements of the Relativistic Binary Pulsar PSR B1913+16
| Autor: | Weisberg, Joel M., Nice, David J., Taylor, Joseph H. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Astrophys.J.722:1030-1034,2010 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0004-637X/722/2/1030 |
| Popis: | We present results of more than three decades of timing measurements of the first known binary pulsar, PSR B1913+16. Like most other pulsars, its rotational behavior over such long time scales is significantly affected by small-scale irregularities not explicitly accounted for in a deterministic model. Nevertheless, the physically important astrometric, spin, and orbital parameters are well determined and well decoupled from the timing noise. We have determined a significant result for proper motion, $\mu_{\alpha} = -1.43\pm0.13$, $\mu_{\delta}=-0.70\pm0.13$ mas yr$^{-1}$. The pulsar exhibited a small timing glitch in May 2003, with ${\Delta f}/f=3.7\times10^{-11}$, and a smaller timing peculiarity in mid-1992. A relativistic solution for orbital parameters yields improved mass estimates for the pulsar and its companion, $m_1=1.4398\pm0.0002 \ M_{\sun}$ and $m_2=1.3886\pm0.0002 \ M_{\sun}$. The system's orbital period has been decreasing at a rate $0.997\pm0.002$ times that predicted as a result of gravitational radiation damping in general relativity. As we have shown before, this result provides conclusive evidence for the existence of gravitational radiation as predicted by Einstein's theory. Comment: Published in APJ, 722, 1030 (2010) |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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