Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Discoveries and Techniques
- 1 The Discoveries
- 2 Telescope Techniques, Radio to TeV
- 3 Receiver Techniques and Data Analysis
- 4 Surveys and Population
- 5 Pulsar Timing
- 6 Timing and Astrometry of Binary Pulsars
- 7 The Distances of the Pulsars
- Part II Observed Physical Characteristics
- Part III Neutron Star Physics
- Part IV Environments and the Interstellar Medium
- References
- Index
1 - The Discoveries
from Part I - Discoveries and Techniques
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Discoveries and Techniques
- 1 The Discoveries
- 2 Telescope Techniques, Radio to TeV
- 3 Receiver Techniques and Data Analysis
- 4 Surveys and Population
- 5 Pulsar Timing
- 6 Timing and Astrometry of Binary Pulsars
- 7 The Distances of the Pulsars
- Part II Observed Physical Characteristics
- Part III Neutron Star Physics
- Part IV Environments and the Interstellar Medium
- References
- Index
Summary
A brief history of the discoveries and their subsequent development gives an introduction to the research topics dealt with in later chapters: pulsar searches, precision timing, positions and identifications, millisecond pulsars, binary systems, neutron star structure, general relativity, emission mechanisms, fast radio bursts, interstellar medium.
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- Pulsar Astronomy , pp. 3 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022