Parkes observations for project P1054 semester 2020OCTS_02

With this proposal we ask time for a follow-up campaign of potential new discoveries from the TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsars with Meerkat) survey, whiose observations are recently started. About 10 new pulsars are expected to be found during the upcoming semester of operations, in targeted pointings towards supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and Fermi unidentified point sources. Timing observations have an essential role in exploiting the full potential of any pulsar discovery, allowing the precise measurement of rotational, astrometric and orbital parameters which, in turn, give us powerful tools to improve our understanding of the physics in extreme environments as well as of the population of neutron stars as a whole. The UWL receiver of the Parkes telescope is a sensitive, versatile instrument that will allow us to successfully time the bright-end of TRAPUM discoveries. Since we do not have a target list at the time of writing, we are submitting a NAPA proposal, for this semester, to be triggered as soon as a new pulsar of interest is discovered.

本提案申请观测时长，用于开展TRAPUM（TRAnsients and PUlsars with Meerkat）巡天项目潜在新发现源的后续观测计划，该巡天的观测工作已于近期启动。在即将到来的观测学期中，计划通过针对超新星遗迹、脉冲星风云及费米（Fermi）未证认点源的定向观测，发现约10颗新脉冲星。脉冲星计时观测对于充分发挥每一次脉冲星发现的科研价值至关重要，其可实现对脉冲星自转、天体测量及轨道参数的精准测量，而这些参数将为我们深入理解极端环境下的物理规律，乃至整体中子星族群特性提供强有力的研究工具。帕克斯（Parkes）望远镜的UWL接收机是一款高灵敏度、多用途的观测设备，可助力我们对TRAPUM巡天发现的亮源开展精准计时观测。鉴于撰写本提案时尚未确定观测目标列表，我们本次将针对本观测学期提交NAPA提案，该提案将在发现符合研究需求的新脉冲星后即刻触发执行。