Parkes observations for project P574 semester 2020APRS_06

We request time to observe 260 pulsars on a regular basis in order to provide the accurate ephemerides necessary for the detection and characterisation of gamma-ray pulsars with the Fermi satellite. The main science goals are to increase the number of known gamma-ray pulsars (both radio-loud and radio-quiet), to determine accurate pulse profiles, and to characterise their high energy (phase-resolved) spectra. In the radio, the observations will also allow us to find glitches, characterise timing noise, investigate dispersion and rotation measure variability, and enhance our knowledge of single pulse phenomenology. To date, we are (co-)authors on over 80 papers arising from the collaboration and P574 data. The data have contributed to the PhD theses of students from Bordeaux, Oxford, Manchester, Stanford, and Swinburne.

我们申请定期观测260颗脉冲星，以提供精确的星历表（ephemerides）——这是利用费米卫星探测和表征伽马射线脉冲星的必要基础。核心科学目标包括：增加已知伽马射线脉冲星（含射电亮与射电静类型）的数量、确定精确脉冲轮廓、表征其高能（相位分辨）能谱。在射电波段，观测还将助力发现自转突变（glitch）、解析计时噪声、研究色散与旋转量度的变化特性，并深化单脉冲现象学认知。截至目前，我们作为（共同）作者参与了该合作及P574数据集相关的80余篇论文；这些数据亦为波尔多大学、牛津大学、曼彻斯特大学、斯坦福大学和斯威本科技大学学生的博士论文提供了支撑。