Parkes observations for project P574 semester 2008APRS

We request time to observe at 150 pulsars on a regular basis in\r\norder to provide accurate ephemerides necessary for the detection\r\nof gamma-ray pulsars with the GLAST and AGILE satellites.\r\nThe main science goals are to increase the number\r\nof known gamma-ray pulsars (both radio loud and radio quiet), to determine\r\naccurate pulse profiles, to characterise their high energy spectrum and\r\nphase resolved spectroscopy of the brightest pulsars.\r\nIn the radio, the observations will also allow us to find glitches, \r\ncharacterise timing noise, investigate dispersion and rotation measure \r\nvariability and enhance our knowledge of single pulse phenomenology.\r\nWe expect this program to continue for the ~5 years of the\r\nGLAST and AGILE missions.

我们申请为150颗脉冲星的常态化观测分配观测时长，以获取精确的历表（ephemerides），为利用GLAST与AGILE卫星探测伽马射线脉冲星提供必要支撑。
本项目的核心科学目标包括：扩充已知伽马射线脉冲星（涵盖射电强与射电宁静两类）的样本规模；获取高精度的脉冲轮廓；刻画其高能能谱，并针对最明亮的脉冲星开展相位分辨光谱研究。
在射电波段的观测还将助力我们发现脉冲星自转突变（glitch），刻画计时噪声特征，研究色散与旋转量的变化规律，并加深我们对单脉冲现象学的认知。
我们预计该项目将伴随GLAST与AGILE任务的全周期（约5年）持续开展。