A millisecond pulsar in a stellar triple system

S. M. Ransom (), I. H. Stairs, A. M. Archibald, J. W. T. Hessels, D. L. Kaplan, M. H. van Kerkwijk, J. Boyles, A. T. Deller, S. Chatterjee, A. Schechtman-Rook, A. Berndsen, R. S. Lynch, D. R. Lorimer, C. Karako-Argaman, V. M. Kaspi, V. I. Kondratiev, M. A. McLaughlin, J. van Leeuwen, R. Rosen, M. S. E. Roberts and K. Stovall
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S. M. Ransom: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road
I. H. Stairs: University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
A. M. Archibald: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
J. W. T. Hessels: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
D. L. Kaplan: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
M. H. van Kerkwijk: University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada
J. Boyles: West Virginia University, White Hall, Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6315, USA
A. T. Deller: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
S. Chatterjee: Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, 524 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
A. Schechtman-Rook: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 475 North Charter Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1582, USA
A. Berndsen: University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
R. S. Lynch: McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
D. R. Lorimer: West Virginia University, White Hall, Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6315, USA
C. Karako-Argaman: McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
V. M. Kaspi: McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T8, Canada
V. I. Kondratiev: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
M. A. McLaughlin: West Virginia University, White Hall, Box 6315, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6315, USA
J. van Leeuwen: Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
R. Rosen: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road
M. S. E. Roberts: Eureka Scientific Inc., 2452 Delmer Street, Suite 100, Oakland, California 94602-3017, USA
K. Stovall: University of Texas at Brownsville, One West University Boulevard

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7484, 520-524

Abstract: Precision timing and multiwavelength observations of a millisecond pulsar in a triple system show that the gravitational interactions between the bodies are strong; this allows the mass of each body to be determined accurately and means that the triple system will provide precise tests of the strong equivalence principle of general relativity.

Date: 2014
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