Stairs Ingrid H
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z1 Canada.
Living Rev Relativ. 2003;6(1):5. doi: 10.12942/lrr-2003-5. Epub 2003 Sep 9.
Pulsars of very different types, including isolated objects and binaries (with short- and long-period orbits, and white-dwarf and neutron-star companions) provide the means to test both the predictions of general relativity and the viability of alternate theories of gravity. This article presents an overview of pulsars, then discusses the current status of and future prospects for tests of equivalence-principle violations and strong-field gravitational experiments.
不同类型的脉冲星,包括孤立天体和双星(具有短周期和长周期轨道,以及白矮星和中子星伴星),为检验广义相对论的预测和替代引力理论的可行性提供了手段。本文首先概述了脉冲星,然后讨论了等效原理违反测试和强场引力实验的现状及未来前景。