Parkes observations for project P574 semester 2016APRS

We request time to observe 260 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
are (co-)authors on 50 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 remain in active use (detailed within).

我们申请获得定期观测260颗脉冲星（pulsar）的观测机时，以获取精准的计时星历（ephemerides），这是利用费米卫星（Fermi satellite）探测与表征伽马射线脉冲星的必要前提。本项目的核心科学目标包括：扩充已知伽马射线脉冲星的数量（涵盖射电亮与射电宁静两类）、获取高精度的脉冲轮廓，以及表征其高能（相位分辨）能谱。在射电波段的观测还将助力我们发现脉冲星自转突变（glitch）、表征计时噪声、研究色散与旋转测量的变化特性，以及深化对单脉冲现象学的认知。截至目前，基于本合作项目与P574数据的研究成果已使我们作为（共同）作者发表了50篇学术论文。这些数据已支撑波尔多研究团队与斯坦福大学的多名学生完成博士学位论文，目前仍在被活跃使用（详细说明见正文内部）。