Parkes observations for project P858 semester 2015APRS_BPSR_29

SUPERB is a large-scale survey for pulsars and extragalactic radio bursts. It will uses optimised GPU codes to search for pulsars and fast radio bursts (FRBs), making discoveries in real time. Handling our data as it comes in is essential for the SKA Phase I era so this work applies directly to the high-data rates of next generation telescopes. The pulsars discovered will enable studies of the interstellar medium, allow us to more accurately constrain the MSP luminosity function (which informs estimates of the SKA yield of MSPs), tests of theories of gravity and several will contribute to the precision timing projects of the PPTA. The FRBs discovered will have much more associated information than all previous detections. Firstly the discovery lag will be ~1 second, rather than months/years. The Parkes observations will be shadowed by the Molonglo telescope to allow, for the first time, localisation of FRBs, and a host of optical and high-energy telescopes will then be triggered as appropriate. This is key for identifying FRB host galaxies, so as to solve the mystery of their progenitors. The survey will discover ~20 MSPs, ~100 slower pulsars and ~10 FRBs.

SUPERB是一项针对脉冲星与河外射电暴的大规模巡天项目。该项目将采用优化的GPU代码搜索脉冲星与快速射电暴（FRB），实现实时发现。在SKA第一阶段时代，实时处理传入数据至关重要，因此本工作可直接应用于下一代望远镜的高数据率场景。发现的脉冲星将助力星际介质研究，使我们能更精确地约束毫秒脉冲星（MSP）光度函数（该函数为SKA的MSP探测量估算提供依据），开展引力理论检验，且部分脉冲星将为PPTA的精密计时项目贡献力量。发现的FRB将比以往所有探测结果拥有更丰富的关联信息：首先，发现延迟将缩短至约1秒，而非数月或数年；Parkes望远镜的观测将由Molonglo望远镜同步跟进，首次实现FRB的定位，随后将按需触发大量光学及高能望远镜。这对于确定FRB的宿主星系、破解其起源之谜至关重要。该巡天项目预计将发现约20颗MSP、100颗较慢脉冲星及10个FRB。