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Title: In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?

Abstract

Pulsars in binary systems have been very successful to test the validity of general relativity in the strong field regime [1-4]. So far, such binaries include neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) and neutron star-neutron star (NS-NS) systems. It is commonly believed that a neutron star-black hole (NS-BH) binary will be much superior for this purpose. But in what sense is this true? Does it apply to all possible deviations?.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012 (India)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22373378
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2014; Journal Issue: 08; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; BLACK HOLES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; NEUTRON STARS; PULSARS; TESTING; WHITE DWARF STARS

Citation Formats

Bagchi, Manjari, and Torres, Diego F., E-mail: manjari.bagchi@icts.res.in, E-mail: dtorres@ieec.uab.es. In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/055.
Bagchi, Manjari, & Torres, Diego F., E-mail: manjari.bagchi@icts.res.in, E-mail: dtorres@ieec.uab.es. In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/055
Bagchi, Manjari, and Torres, Diego F., E-mail: manjari.bagchi@icts.res.in, E-mail: dtorres@ieec.uab.es. 2014. "In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/055.
@article{osti_22373378,
title = {In what sense a neutron star-black hole binary is the holy grail for testing gravity?},
author = {Bagchi, Manjari and Torres, Diego F., E-mail: manjari.bagchi@icts.res.in, E-mail: dtorres@ieec.uab.es},
abstractNote = {Pulsars in binary systems have been very successful to test the validity of general relativity in the strong field regime [1-4]. So far, such binaries include neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) and neutron star-neutron star (NS-NS) systems. It is commonly believed that a neutron star-black hole (NS-BH) binary will be much superior for this purpose. But in what sense is this true? Does it apply to all possible deviations?.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/055},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22373378}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 08,
volume = 2014,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}