Talk series: XXVII Canary Islands Winter School 2015

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    Radio observations of pulsars and X-ray binary systems (5/6)
    Lecture 5: Pulsar timing as a tool for fundamental physics (a)- Constraints to general relativity- The case of the Double pulsar- Constraints to general...
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    Radio observations of pulsars and X-ray binary systems (6/6)
    Lecture 6: Pulsar timing as a tool for fundamental physics (b)- Direct detection of gravitational waves- Constraints on nuclear matter interactions-...
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    Timing techniques (1/3)
    Lecture 1: Fourier theory- Continuous and discrete Fourier Transform- Power spectra- Window carpentry- FFT
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    Timing techniques (2/3)
    Lecture 2: Poissonian- Normalization- Spectrograms- Welch- Time-frequency- Rebinning- Dead-time- Fitting PDS
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    Timing techniques (3/3)
    Lecture 3: Types of signals-- Normalization - Spectrograms - Welch - Time-frequency - Rebinning - Dead-time - Fitting PDS
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    X-ray observations of X-ray binaries and AGN (1/6)
    Lecture 1:- Accretion onto compact objects- X-ray binaries- Black-hole binaries (BHB)- X-ray pulsars
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    X-ray observations of X-ray binaries and AGN (2/6)
    Lecture 2:- High-energy emission- BHB spectra
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    X-ray observations of X-ray binaries and AGN (3/6)
    Lecture 3:- BHB time variability- Evolution of transients- BH states
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    X-ray observations of X-ray binaries and AGN (4/6)
    Lecture 4:- Radio/IR emission- Relativistic jets- Accretion/ejection- Wind outflows-Links to variability