Signal delay analysis for binary pulsars

TL;DR

This paper revises the analysis of radio signal delays in binary pulsars by emphasizing the importance of using a consistent coordinate frame for both signal transmission and pulsar motion.

Contribution

It provides a correction to the standard delay analysis by aligning the coordinate frame used for signal transmission with that of the pulsar's motion.

Findings

Corrected the delay pattern analysis for binary pulsars.

Highlighted the importance of coordinate frame consistency.

Improved accuracy in pulsar signal delay modeling.

Abstract

This note gives a correction to the standard analysis of the delay pattern in the radio signals from a pulsar in a binary system; the same coordinate frame should be used for the transmission of the signal as for the motion of the pulsar in the field of its companion.