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Estimate of the limiting standard deviation in the absolute timing of periodic sources

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This note demonstrates the application of a rigorous procedure for estimating the limiting standard deviation in the absolute timing, of periodic sources of known period, to the problem of the evaluation of the effects of the main source and instrumental parameters. The procedure is used to examine the case of the optical pulsar NP 0532. The results are given in diagrammatic form.

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  1. Istituto di Astronomia dell' Università di Trieste, Italy

    L. Rusconi

  2. Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy

    G. Sedmak

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Work supported by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Gruppo Nazionale di Astronomia, Settore Tecnologie Astronomiche. Trieste Observatory-Instruments and Data Processing group (2/76).

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Rusconi, L., Sedmak, G. Estimate of the limiting standard deviation in the absolute timing of periodic sources. Astrophys Space Sci 46, 301–308 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00644377

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