Parkes observations for project P789 semester 2019OCTS_06

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, we continue to study the most significant of the discoveries from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey (P268). To 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.

近期，帕克斯（Parkes）天文台在毫秒脉冲星（millisecond pulsars, MSPs）的发现工作中取得了显著进展——该类天体涵盖了已知最具科研价值与研究趣味的脉冲星。过去数年间，我们通过高时间分辨率全天巡天（High Time Resolution Universe Survey, P630）以及费米（Fermi）搜寻项目（P675/P814），已发现超过40颗毫秒脉冲星。本项目拟对这些天体开展高精度计时观测，以充分挖掘这些发现的科学潜力。此外，我们还将持续对帕克斯多波束脉冲星巡天（Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey, P268）的重大发现天体展开研究。为最大化科学产出效益，我们将过往多项提案中的核心观测目标整合至本项目中，既缩减了总观测时长，也减轻了观测调度的工作负担。