Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-20-2006

Abstract

We report the direct measurement of orbital period decay in the double neutron star pulsar system PSR B2127 + 11C in the globular cluster M15 at the rate of (-3.95 ± 0.13) × 10-12, consistent with the prediction of general relativity at the ∼3% level. We find the pulsar mass to be mp = 1.358 ± 0.010 M⊙ and the companion mc = 1.354 ± 0.010 M⊙. We also report long-term pulse timing results for the pulsars PSR B2127+11A and PSR B2127+11B, including confirmation of the cluster proper motion.

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© Astrophysical Journal Letters. Original version available at: http://doi.org/10.1086/505742

First Page

L113

Last Page

L116

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal Letters

DOI

10.1086/505742

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