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Testing Gravitation from Light-second to Cosmological Scales with Radio Pulsars

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-10-02 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Pulsars are spinning neutron stars typically observed as pulses emitted at radio wavelengths. These pulsations exhibit a rotational stability that rival the best atomic clocks, making pulsars one of the most important tools for resolving gravitational phenomena in extreme environments. I will present an overview of the ways in which radio pulsars can be used to test strong-field gravity and observe gravitational radiation, both in the context of historical and ongoing experiments. I will also describe how these measurements can be translated to sought-after quantities like the masses and moments of inertia of neutron stars.

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@article{arxiv.2510.01062,
  title  = {Testing Gravitation from Light-second to Cosmological Scales with Radio Pulsars},
  author = {Emmanuel Fonseca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.01062},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

8 pages, 2 figures; accepted for the proceedings of the GR24-Amaldi16 meeting