Tests of Relativistic Gravity using Millisecond Pulsars
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General relativity asserts that: energy and momentum conservation laws are valid, preferred frames do not exist, and the strong equivalence principle is obeyed. In this paper recent progress in testing these important principles using millisecond pulsars is summarised.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008