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Description
Pulsars in relativistic binary systems are excellent probes of fundamental physics and binary evolution. Long term measurements of pulse arrival times from such pulsars enable theory-independent measurements of relativistic parameters that can then be used for testing different theories of gravity such as General Relativity and scalar-tensor theories of gravity. Assuming a theory of gravity, such experiments also provide highly precise measurements of neutron star masses and insights on their\nequation of state. In this talk, I will provide an introduction to pulsar timing, and present recent results from long term timing campaigns of different relativistic binary pulsars including the first observations of Lense-Thirring precession in a binary pulsar system. I will also discuss a possible supra-massive pulsar in an eccentric binary system.
