A MeerKAT view of the double pulsar eclipses -- Geodetic precession of pulsar B and system geometry

The double pulsar system, PSR J0737-3039A/B, consists of two neutron stars bound together in a highly relativistic orbit that is viewed nearly edge-on from the Earth. This alignment results in brief radio eclipses of the fast-rotating pulsar A when it passes behind the toroidal magnetosphere of the slow-rotating pulsar B.... Show more