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Session: Cosmology and Relativistic Astrophysics

Name: Prof. Michael Kramer (MPIfR)
Coauthors: No coauthors were included.
Type: Oral
Title: Radio pulsars as probes of fundamental physics - and more
Abstract:

Radio pulsars are not fascinating but also very useful tools to probe a wide range of physics. Finding them, especially when they are in binary systems, is challenging but unlocks a wide range of fundmanetal physics that can be explored and tested. A prime example is the study of relativistic gravity, including their usage as detectors of gravitational waves, or the study of the equation-of-state of extreme matter. As radio sources, pulsars are only poorly understood, though remarkable process has been made recently. As an end product of a massive stars, one can use pulsars to probe the physics of core collapse supernovae, while the high degree of polarisation makes them a superb probes to study the Galactic magnetic field. This talk tries to give an overview of pulsar physics and their applications, remembering Prof Seiradakis' contributions to the field.