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High-Precision Timing of Millisecond Pulsars and Precision Astrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

V. M. Kaspi
V. M. Kaspi*
Affiliation:
IPAC/Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 770 So. Wilson Ave Pasadena, CA 91125

Abstract

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We present the technique of long-term, high-precision timing of millisecond pulsars as applied to precision astrometry. We provide a tutorial on pulsars and pulsar timing, as well as up-to-date results of long-term timing observations of two millisecond pulsars, PSRs B1855+09 and B1937+21. We consider the feasibility of tying the extragalactic and optical reference frames to that defined by solar system objects, and we conclude that precision astrometry from millisecond pulsar timing has a bright future.

Type
2. Current and Future Needs for Very Accurate Astrometry
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 166: Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives of Sub-Milliarcsecond Optical Astrometry , 1995 , pp. 163 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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