Radio observations of pulsars and X-ray binary systems
Andrea Possenti, Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari, Itlay

Lesson 1: Rudiments on pulsars

• formation of neutron stars
• energetics
• basics of pulsar electrodynamics
• profile phenomenology
• zoology

 
Lesson 2: Binary pulsars and their evolution

• - basics of binary and accretion theory
• high mass binary pulsar evolution
• low mass binary pulsar evolution
• transitional and eclipsing binaries
• other interesting binaries

Lesson 3a Lecture 3b: Pulsar timing concepts [isolated pulsars]

• timing observation procedure
• barycentering the data at infinite frequency
• timing model

Lesson 4a Lecture 4b: Pulsar timing concepts [binary pulsars]

• classical orbit laws
• relativistic effects
• binary corrections to the timing model of an isolated pulsar
   

Lesson 5: Pulsar timing as a tool for fundamental physics (a)

• constraints to general relativity
• the case of the Double pulsar
• constraints to general theories of gravity

Lesson 6: Pulsar timing as a tool for fundamental physics (b)

• direct detection of gravitational waves
• constraints on nuclear matter interactions
• investigations of globular clusters, ism, galactic B-field