Fundamental Physics with Radio Millisecond Pulsars

Abstract

We summarize the state of the art and future directions in using millisecond radio pulsars to test gravitation and measure intrinsic, fundamental parameters of the pulsar systems. As discussed below, such measurements continue to yield high-impact constraints on viable nuclear processes that govern the theoretically-elusive interior of neutron stars, and place the most stringent limits on the validity of general relativity in extreme environments. Ongoing and planned pulsar-timing measurements provide the greatest opportunities for measurements of compact-object masses and new general-relativistic variations in orbits.