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Measurement of Orbital Decay in the Double Neutron Star Binary PSR B2127+11C

B. A. Jacoby, P. B. Cameron, F. A. Jenet, S. B. Anderson, R. N. Murty, S. R. Kulkarni

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0605375

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 mass 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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