Gravitational Faraday Rotation in Binary Pulsar Systems

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dc.creatorRuggiero, Matteo Luca
dc.creatorTartaglia, Angelo
dc.date2006-09-26
dc.date2006-10-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:23:41Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:23:41Z
dc.descriptionWe study the gravitational Faraday rotation, on linearly polarized light rays emitted by a pulsar, orbiting another compact object. We relate the rotation angle to the orbital phase of the emitting pulsar, as well as to other parameters describing its orbit and the orientation of the angular momentum of the binary companion. We give numerical estimates of the effect for the double-pulsar system PSR J0737-3039, and we note that the expected magnitude is exceedingly small, making the effect unlikely to be observed with present technology. It is however interesting per se, since in this phenomenon, gravito-magnetism plays a leading role, unlike what happens, for instance, when studying light bending or gravitational time delay, where it appears as a correction to the gravito-electric contribution. Also, we envisage the possibility that this effect could be relevant, at least in principle, for a pulsar orbiting a non charged black-hole.
dc.description6 pages, 3 figures, minor revision; to appear in MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609712
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609712
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.374:847-851,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11187.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/175920
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleGravitational Faraday Rotation in Binary Pulsar Systems
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