Parkes observations for project P1032 semester 2022OCTS_04

This project aims to continue to perform rapid measurements of relativistic parameters of southern binary pulsar systems using data from the Parkes Ultra Wideband Low (UWL) receiver and the MeerKAT telescope thereby enabling measurement of their component masses and in some cases, test theories of gravity. We will use the UWL data to obtain significant orbital coverage and timing baseline on these pulsars and obtain important constraints on orbital and temporal DM variations that will help in identifying the nature of the companion star. We will then use MeerKAT data at crucial orbital phases to improve our chances of measuring the relativistic parameters. Increase in the number of measured NS masses has profound implications for NS internal structure and for stellar and binary evolution physics.

本项目旨在利用帕克斯超宽频低（UWL）接收机与MeerKAT望远镜的观测数据，持续快速测量南天双星脉冲星系统的相对论参数，从而实现对其组成星质量的测定，并在部分场景中完成引力理论的检验。我们将通过UWL数据获取这些脉冲星的有效轨道覆盖范围与计时基线，并得到关于轨道与时间域色散量（DM）变化的重要约束条件，这将助力明确伴星的物理本质。随后，我们将在关键轨道相位使用MeerKAT望远镜的观测数据，以提升相对论参数测量的成功率。已测得的中子星（Neutron Star，NS）质量样本数量的增加，将对中子星内部结构研究以及恒星与双星演化物理学领域具有深远的科学意义。