Parkes observations for project P622 semester 2008APRS

We propose to observe a highly peculiar pulsar, B0826-34, which shows both the
phenomenon of drifting and nulling. Some of us have shown in the past, that at
high frequencies the pulsar actually emits low-level emission during the
"nulls" and that the resulting profile resembles the pulse shape observed at
low frequencies. We would like to observe this pulsar simultaneously at 10cm
and 50cm, in order to study the occurrence of both emission modes at these low
and high frequencies at the same time. We will use the data also to study the
pulsar's subpulse drift pattern, which is among the most complex known for any
pulsar. The results of this short project promise to shed light on the
emission physics of pulsars at its most fundamental level by testing our
current understanding of the pulsar phenomenon.