Millisecond Pulsars as Standards: Timing, positioning and communication

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of millisecond pulsars to serve as precise standards for timekeeping, positioning, and communication, highlighting their significance in advancing astrophysical and technological applications.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of using millisecond pulsars as universal standards for timing, positioning, and data communication, emphasizing their advantages over traditional methods.

Findings

MSPs can provide highly accurate timing standards.

MSPs enable improved positioning accuracy.

MSPs facilitate reliable metadata communication.

Abstract

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) have a great potential to set standards in timekeeping, positioning and metadata communication.