Parkes observations for project P789 semester 2015OCTS_BPSR_01

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, continue to study the most significant of the discoveries from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey (P268). \r\nTo 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.\r\nThis project also makes use of all beams of the 21-cm receiver to search for transient radio burst of extragalactic origin at the same time as performing timing observations.

近期，帕克斯（Parkes）望远镜在毫秒脉冲星（millisecond pulsars, MSPs）的发现工作中取得了显著成果——该类脉冲星囊括了目前已知最具科学价值与研究趣味的脉冲星之一。过去数年间，我们通过高时间分辨率宇宙巡天（High Time Resolution Universe Survey, P630）与费米（Fermi）搜寻项目（P675/P814），已发现超过40颗毫秒脉冲星。在此我们提出将对这些源开展高精度计时观测，以充分挖掘这批发现的科学潜力；同时还将持续研究帕克斯多波束脉冲星巡天（Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey, P268）中极具重要性的发现成果。
为最大化本项目的科学产出效益，我们整合了过往多项提案中的核心观测源，从而缩减了总观测所需时长，同时也减轻了观测调度的工作负担。
本项目还将在开展计时观测的同时，启用21厘米接收机的全部波束，用于搜寻河外星系起源的瞬态射电暴。