4.1 Post-Keplerian timing parametersTesting General Relativity with Pulsar 3.4 Preferred-location effects: Variation of

4 Tests of GR - Strong-Field Gravity 

The best-known uses of pulsars for testing the predictions of gravitational theories are those in which the predicted strong-field effects are compared directly against observations. As essentially point-like objects in strong gravitational fields, neutron stars in binary systems provide extraordinarily clean tests of these predictions. This section will cover the relation between the ``post-Keplerian'' timing parameters and strong-field effects, and then discuss the three binary systems that yield complementary high-precision tests.





4.1 Post-Keplerian timing parametersTesting General Relativity with Pulsar 3.4 Preferred-location effects: Variation of

image Testing General Relativity with Pulsar Timing
Ingrid H. Stairs
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