Binary and Millisecond Pulsars
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We review the main properties, demographics and applications of binary and millisecond radio pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to successful surveys which have brought the known pulsar population to over 1700. There are now 80 binary and millisecond pulsars associated with the disk of our Galaxy, and a further 103 pulsars in 24 of the Galactic globular clusters. Recent highlights have been the discovery of the first ever double pulsar system and a recent flurry of discoveries in globular clusters, in particular Terzan 5.
77 pages, 30 figures, available on-line at http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2005-7
- University of Salford United Kingdom
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Germany
- Max Planck Society Germany
- West Virginia University United States
- West Virginia University Institute of Technology United States
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), pulsars -- general, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Statistical astronomy, Review Article, Astrophysics, pulsars-general, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics, Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics, pulsars, Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter, Galactic and stellar dynamics, Pulsars, QC170-197
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), pulsars -- general, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Statistical astronomy, Review Article, Astrophysics, pulsars-general, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics, Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics, pulsars, Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter, Galactic and stellar dynamics, Pulsars, QC170-197
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