In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2014-08-28 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Pulsars in binary systems have been very successful to test the validity of general relativity in the strong field regime. So far, such binaries include neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) and neutron star-neutron star (NS-NS) systems. It is commonly believed that a neutron star-black hole (NS-BH) binary will be much superior for this purpose. But in what sense is this true? Does it apply to all possible deviations?
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@article{arxiv.1405.3838,
title = {In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?},
author = {Manjari Bagchi and Diego F. Torres},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.3838},
year = {2014}
}
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Accepted for publication in JCAP. A shorter version received Honorable Mention in the 2014 Awards for Essays on Gravitation by the Gravity Research Foundation