[time-nuts] OT: Far-out space navigation from sideways satnav signals

[Tom Van Baak]

> Why are X-Ray pulsars better than radio pulsars for navigation?
> 
> What's the adev of pulsars at long times?  How long is long?  Where is the 
> knee of the curve?

Hal,

See attached ADEV from...

Binary and Millisecond Pulsars
http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2008-8/

Developing a Pulsar-based Timescale
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1011.5285.pdf

Relativity and Timing in X-ray Pulsar Navigation
http://tf.boulder.nist.gov/general/pdf/2166.pdf

Long-Term Timing of Millisecond Pulsars and Gravitational Wave Detection
http://gwic.ligo.org/thesisprize/2009/Verbiest_Thesis.pdf

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