Parkes observations for project P574 semester 2020APRS_01

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\r\nare (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.

本项目申请观测时长以对260颗脉冲星开展常态化观测，旨在为费米卫星（Fermi Satellite）探测与特性表征伽马射线脉冲星提供所需的精确星历表。本项目的核心科学目标包括：扩充已知伽马射线脉冲星的数量（涵盖射电活跃与射电静默两类）、获取精确的脉冲轮廓，并对其高能（相位分辨）能谱开展特性表征。在射电波段的观测还将助力我们发现脉冲星自转突变、表征计时噪声、研究色散与旋转量的变化特性，并深化对单脉冲现象学的认知。截至目前，源自本合作项目与P574数据集的学术论文已逾80篇，本团队为其中多数论文的（共同）作者。该数据集还支撑了来自波尔多、牛津、曼彻斯特、斯坦福及斯威本科技大学的多名学生完成其博士学位论文。