报告题目：解密脉冲星 - 精密的天体时钟

报 告 人：Richard N. Manchester, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Sydney, Australia

报告时间：2015年11月2日晚7：00

报告地点：金沙总站6165地址大礼堂

报告摘要： Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars born in supernova explosions. Like celestial light-houses, they send out beams of radiation that we detect as pulses as the beam sweeps across the Earth. The pulse period is incredibly stable, enabling pulsars to be used for many fascinating studies, including tests of Einstein's general theory of relativity and searches for gravitational waves.