The double pulsar -- A new testbed for relativistic gravity

Kramer, M.; Lyne, A. G.; Burgay, M.; Possenti, A.; Manchester, R. N.; Camilo, F.; McLaughlin, M. A.; Lorimer, D. R.; D'Amico, N.; Joshi, B. C.; Reynolds, J.; Freire, P. C. C.

The double pulsar -- A new testbed for relativistic gravity

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The first ever double pulsar, discovered by our team a few months ago, consists of two pulsars, one with period of 22 ms and the other with a period of 2.7 s. This binary system with a period of only 2.4-hr provides a truly unique laboratory for relativistic gravitational physics. In this contribution we summarize the published results and look at the prospects of future observations.
6 pages, two figures, to appear in "Binary Pulsars" Eds. Rasio & Stairs, PASP