Parkes observations for project P789 semester 2018OCTS_08

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, we 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.

近年来，帕克斯天文台（Parkes）在毫秒脉冲星（millisecond pulsars, MSPs）的发现工作中取得了显著成果。毫秒脉冲星这一天体类别，囊括了目前已知的部分最具科学价值与研究意义的脉冲星。在过去数年间，我们依托高时间分辨率宇宙巡天（High Time Resolution Universe Survey, P630）以及费米（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脉冲星源开展高精度计时观测，以充分挖掘此次发现的科学价值。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）项目中极具科学意义的发现天体展开研究。
为最大化本项目的科学产出效益，我们整合了过往多项提案中的核心观测目标，从而降低了总观测时长需求，同时减轻了观测调度的工作负担。