Prospects for accurate distance measurements of pulsars with the Square Kilometre Array: Enabling fundamental physics

Parallax measurements of pulsars allow for accurate measurements of the interstellar electron density and contribute to accurate testsof general relativity using binary systems. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be an ideal instrument for measuring the parallaxof pulsars, because it has a very h...

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Main Authors: Smits, R., Tingay, Steven, Wex, N., Kramer, M., Stappers, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: EDP Sciences 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27671