Parkes observations for project PX600 semester 2020APRS_80

The Galactic Center (GC) is a key target for the radio component of Breakthrough Listen (BL) program. Offering the largest amount of stars in any given direction in the sky, the GC is widely cited as a location believed to harbour advanced civilizations, and it is also the most energetic region in the Milky Way. We aim to conduct BL-GC Survey with Parkes radio telescope for around 350 hours. We will cover the frequency range from 700 MHz to 4 GHz, utilizing the newly installed ultra-wideband receiver. Our team has already leveraged both standard and bespoke tools to construct a flexible software stack to search data for signals of interest. We will look for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) by searching for both simple narrow-band signals and complex modulated signals. Along with that, as an ancillary science, we will also search for accelerated pulsars — likely orbiting a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. Data products produced during this program will also be publically available to engage larger pulsar community

银心（Galactic Center, GC）是突破聆听（Breakthrough Listen, BL）计划射电观测的核心目标天区。作为天空中任一方向内恒星数量最多的天区，银心不仅被广泛认为是可能孕育先进文明的区域，同时也是银河系内能量最为活跃的区域。本研究计划使用帕克斯（Parkes）射电望远镜开展为期约350小时的BL-GC巡天观测，观测频段覆盖700兆赫（MHz）至4吉赫（GHz），并将使用新安装的超宽带接收机。本团队已结合标准工具与定制化工具搭建了一套灵活的软件栈，用于从观测数据中检索目标信号。我们将通过搜寻简单窄带信号与复杂调制信号两类信号，寻找地外文明（extraterrestrial intelligence, ETI）发出的电磁信号。此外作为附属科研内容，本项目还将搜寻加速脉冲星——这类天体大概率绕银河系中心的超大质量黑洞运行。本项目产生的所有数据产品也将向公众开放，以吸引更广泛的脉冲星科研社群参与。