Parkes observations for project P1054 semester 2020OCTS_05

With this proposal we ask time for a follow-up campaign of potential new discoveries from the TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsars with Meerkat) survey, whiose observations are recently started. About 10 new pulsars are expected to be found during the upcoming semester of operations, in targeted pointings towards supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and Fermi unidentified point sources. Timing observations have an essential role in exploiting the full potential of any pulsar discovery, allowing the precise measurement of rotational, astrometric and orbital parameters which, in turn, give us powerful tools to improve our understanding of the physics in extreme environments as well as of the population of neutron stars as a whole. The UWL receiver of the Parkes telescope is a sensitive, versatile instrument that will allow us to successfully time the bright-end of TRAPUM discoveries. Since we do not have a target list at the time of writing, we are submitting a NAPA proposal, for this semester, to be triggered as soon as a new pulsar of interest is discovered.

本提案申请观测时长，用于开展基于TRAPUM（瞬变源与脉冲星巡天，TRAnsients and PUlsars with Meerkat）巡天潜在新发现的后续观测计划，该巡天的观测工作已于近期启动。在即将到来的观测学期中，计划通过针对超新星遗迹、脉冲星风云及费米未证认点源的定向观测，预计将发现约10颗新脉冲星。脉冲星计时观测对于充分发挥每一次脉冲星发现的科学价值至关重要，其可实现对脉冲星自转、天体测量及轨道参数的精确测量，进而为我们深入理解极端环境下的物理规律以及整体中子星族群特性提供强有力的研究工具。帕克斯望远镜（Parkes telescope）搭载的UWL接收机（UWL receiver）是一款高灵敏度、多用途的观测设备，能够助力我们对TRAPUM巡天发现的亮源脉冲星完成精准计时。鉴于撰写本提案时尚未生成目标源清单，我们本次提交的本学期NAPA申请将设置为触发式观测模式，一旦发现目标感兴趣脉冲星即可启动观测。