Pulsar science with the SKA

The unprecedented sensitivity and large field of view of SKA will be of paramount importance for pulsar science, and for many related research fields. In particular, beside the obvious discovery of many more pulsars (even those with very low luminosity), and the extremely accurate timing analysis of the current pulsar population, SKA will allow to use pulsars to measure or put strong constraints on gravitational waves, Galactic magnetism, planet masses, general relativity and nuclear physics.

NR acknowledges support from an NWO Vdi Grant, the MINECO grant AYA2012-39303, and the grant SGR2009-811 from the Generalitat de Catalunya. JP acknowledges support from the MINECO grant AYA2013-42184-P, and the Generalitat Valenciana grant PrometeoII-2014-069. Partial support comes from the NewCompstar COST action MP1304.