Parkes observations for project P789 semester 2015OCTS_BPSR_02

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.

依托帕克斯（Parkes）射电望远镜，学界在毫秒脉冲星（millisecond pulsars, MSPs）的发现上已斩获丰硕成果。这类天体包含了目前已知最具科研价值与研究意义的脉冲星中的一部分。过去数年间，我们通过高时间分辨率全域巡天（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。本次研究计划对这批天体开展高精度计时观测，以充分挖掘这些发现的科研潜力。此外，我们还将持续对帕克斯多波束脉冲星巡天（Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey, P268）中极具科学价值的发现天体展开研究。
为最大化科研产出效益，我们将此前多项提案中的核心观测源整合至本项目中，以此缩减总观测时长并减轻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厘米射电接收机的全部波束，用于搜寻河外起源的暂现射电暴。