Parkes observations for project P574 semester 2015APRS_BPSR_06

We request time to observe 230 pulsars on a regular basis in order to provide the accurate ephemerides necessary for the detection and characterisation of gamma-ray pulsars with the Fermi satellite. The main science goals are to increase the number of known gamma-ray pulsars (both radio loud and radio quiet), to determine accurate pulse profiles, and to characterise their high energy (phase-resolved) spectra. In the radio, the observations will also allow us to find glitches, characterise timing noise, investigate dispersion and rotation measure variability, and enhance our knowledge of single pulse phenomenology. To date, we\r\nare (co-)authors on 48 papers arising from the collaboration and P574 data. The data have contributed to the PhD theses of students from the Bordeaux group and Stanford and are in remain in active use (detailed within).

我们申请了观测时段，以定期监测230颗脉冲星，为利用费米卫星（Fermi satellite）探测与表征γ射线脉冲星（gamma-ray pulsars）提供所需的精确脉冲星历表（ephemerides）。本项目的核心科学目标包括：扩充已知γ射线脉冲星的样本量（涵盖射电亮与射电静默两类脉冲星）、获取高精度的脉冲轮廓，以及表征其高能（相位分辨）能谱。在射电观测中，本项目还将助力我们发现脉冲星自转突变（glitch）、表征计时噪声、研究色散与旋转量的变化特征，并深化对单脉冲现象学的认知。截至目前，我们依托本次合作与P574数据集已发表（含合著）48篇学术论文。本数据集已助力波尔多研究组与斯坦福大学的多名学生完成博士学位论文，目前仍在被积极应用（详细说明见正文）。