1 The pulsar phenomenon 1.1 Emission properties 1.2 Propagation effects in the interstellar medium 1.3 Population properties 1.4 « Further reading

Observation of a pulsar with a single-channel radio receiver to learn about the operation of the receiver and the appearance of the radio signals from a pulsar at various receiver settings.

Over the past 40 years, an astonishing range of astrophysics has become accessible through pulsar astronomy. The body of literature on this rapidly growing research area is vast and …

These rotating beams of radiation are seen by us whenever they intersect our line of sight to the pulsar, much like a lighthouse on the sea-shore. Each rotation of the pulsar thus produces a …

A pulsar regarded as an isolated spinning inert massive star should be a precise clock. Pulsars almost follow this description, and the timing of their pulses has become a major part of …

One major pulsar discovery every ~7 years. This figure shows 43 newly discovered millisecond pulsars discovered at Fermi source locations as of 2012. The 24 marked in blue were …

Individual pulse arrival times can be measured with ms = 10-6 s precision. This will make orbital motion of pulsar (and Earth) easy to detect. P is very stable, can be determined up to accuracy …