Tests of strong-field gravity and gravitational radiation damping in binary-pulsar systems

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dc.creatorEsposito-Farese, G.
dc.date2000-11-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:25:28Z
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dc.descriptionThis talk reviews the constraints imposed by binary-pulsar data on gravity theories, and notably on "scalar-tensor" theories which are the most natural alternatives to general relativity. Because neutron stars have a strong gravitational binding energy, binary-pulsar tests are qualitatively different from solar-system experiments: They have the capability of probing models which are indistinguishable from general relativity in weak gravitational field conditions. Besides the two most precise binary-pulsar experiments, in the systems B1913+16 and B1534+12, we also present the results of the various "null" tests of general relativity provided by several neutron star-white dwarf binaries, notably those of gravitational radiation damping. [The main interest of this very short paper is its figure, which also takes into account the "strong equivalence principle" tests.]
dc.description2 pages, "mprocl.sty" with LaTeX 2.09, uses "epsf.tex" to include 1 postscript figure; contribution to the 9th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (MG9), Rome, July 2000
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0011114
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0011114
dc.identifierProceedings World Scientific (2002) p. 2041
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33721
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleTests of strong-field gravity and gravitational radiation damping in binary-pulsar systems
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