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Developing a pulsar-based time standard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

G. Hobbs
G. Hobbs*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
*
†E-mail: george.hobbs@csiro.au
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Abstract

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We describe how observations of pulsars from the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project have been used to develop a pulsar-based timescale. This is the first such timescale that has a precision comparable to uncertainties in international atomic timescales.

Keywords

timepulsars: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 207 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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