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Published 1981 | Published
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Interpretation of Binary Pulsar Observations

Abstract

The nature, dynamics and evolution of the three known radio pulsar binaries are discussed. The system containing 1913+16 appears to comprise two ~1.4 M⊙ components, and to undergo orbital decay as predicted by general relativity. It is proposed that 1913+16 has a neutron star companion and that 0655+64 and 0820+02 have white dwarf companions which should be observable optically.

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© 1981 by the IAU. We thank J. Condon, E. Feigelson, P. Goldreich, J. Kristian, P. Scheuer, J. Taylor and P. Young for discussions and permission to quote data before publication. This research was supported in part by NSF grant AST78-05484 and the Weizmann Foundation.

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