Developing a pulsar-based timescale

Abstract

We show how pulsar observations may be used to construct a time standard that is independent of terrestrial time standards. The pulsar time scale provides a method to determine the stability of terrestrial time standards over years to decades. Here, we summarise the method, provide initial results and discuss the possibilities and limitations of our pulsar time scale.

6 page conference proceedings from Journees conference in Paris (20-22 Sept 2010)