Observations of Post-Newtonian Timing Effects in the Binary Pulsar PSR 1913+16

J. M. Weisberg and J. H. Taylor
Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1348 – Published 9 April 1984
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Abstract

We report the latest results of timing measurements of the binary pulsar PSR 1913+16. Recent high-quality data have enabled us to measure the excess propagation delay of the pulsar signal caused by the gravitational field of the companion star; this result provides strong additional support for the simplest and most straightforward model of the system. The observed rate of orbital period decay is equal to 1.00 ± 0.04 times that expected from gravitational radiation damping.

  • Received 24 January 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.1348

©1984 American Physical Society

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J. M. Weisberg and J. H. Taylor

  • Joseph Henry Laboratories, Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

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Vol. 52, Iss. 15 — 9 April 1984

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