Parkes observations for project P789 semester 2014APRS

Recently there has been great success at Parkes discovering millisecond pulsars (MSPs), a class that includes some of the most interesting and scientifically valuable pulsars known. In the last few years we have discovered more than 40 MSPs though the High Time Resolution Universe Survey (P630) and Fermi searches (P675/P814). Here we propose to carry out precision timing of these sources to fully exploit these discoveries. Additionally, continue to study the most significant of the discoveries from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey (P268). \r\nTo maximise scientific impact we have combined the most important sources from various previous proposals into this project, reducing total observation time required and easing the burden on the scheduler.\r\nThis project also makes use of all beams of the 21-cm receiver to search for transient radio burst of extragalactic origin at the same time as performing timing observations.

帕克斯（Parkes）射电望远镜在毫秒脉冲星（millisecond pulsars, MSPs）的发现方面已取得显著成果——该类脉冲星包含已知最具科研价值与科学意义的脉冲星样本。近年来，我们通过高时间分辨率宇宙巡天（High Time Resolution Universe Survey, P630）以及费米搜寻（Fermi searches, P675/P814）项目，已发现超过40颗毫秒脉冲星。在此背景下，我们提议对这些天体源开展高精度计时观测，以充分挖掘本次发现的科学价值。此外，本项目还将延续对帕克斯多波束脉冲星巡天（Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey, P268）中极具科学意义的发现样本的研究。
为最大化本项目的科学产出与影响力，我们将过往各类提案中的核心天体源整合至本项目中，既降低了总观测时长需求，也减轻了观测调度的工作负担。
本项目还将在开展计时观测的同时，启用21厘米接收机的全部波束，搜寻河外起源的瞬态射电暴。