Journal of Physical Studies 11(4), 450–456 (2007)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.11.450

BINARY RECYCLED PULSARS AS THE MOST PRECISE PHYSICAL LABORATORY

G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan
Space Research Institute RAN, 84/32, Profsoyuznaya St., Moscow, RU–117997, Russia,
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Dubna, Russia

The following problems are discussed. 1. Pulsars and close binaries. 2. Hulse-Taylor pulsar. 3. Disrupted pulsar pairs. 4. Recycled pulsar statistics. 5. Enhanced evaporation: formation of a single recycled pulsar. 6. General relativity effects: neutron star + neutron star. 7. A Double pulsar system. 8. Checking general relativity. 9. Variability of the gravitational constant. 10. Space Watch.

PACS number(s): 97.60.Gb, 95.30.Sf