SKA-Japan Pulsar Science with the Square Kilometre Array
Abstract
The Square Kilometre Array will revolutionize pulsar studies with its wide field-of-view, wide-band observation and high sensitivity, increasing the number of observable pulsars by more than an order of magnitude. Pulsars are of interest not only for the study of neutron stars themselves but for their usage as tools for probing fundamental physics such as general relativity, gravitational waves and nuclear interaction. In this article, we summarize the activity and interests of SKA-Japan Pulsar Science Working Group, focusing on an investigation of modified gravity theory with the supermassive black hole in the Galactic Centre, gravitational-wave detection from cosmic strings and binary supermassive black holes, a study of the physical state of plasma close to pulsars using giant radio pulses and determination of magnetic field structure of Galaxy with pulsar pairs.
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@article{arxiv.1603.01951,
title = {SKA-Japan Pulsar Science with the Square Kilometre Array},
author = {Keitaro Takahashi and Takahiro Aoki and Kengo Iwata and Osamu Kameya and Hiroki Kumamoto and Sachiko Kuroyanagi and Ryo Mikami and Atsushi Naruko and Hiroshi Ohno and Shinpei Shibata and Toshio Terasawa and Naoyuki Yonemaru and Chulmoon Yoo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.01951},
year = {2016}
}
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13 pages, 5 figures