- Title
- The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT–I: science objectives and first results
- Creator
- Johnston, Simon, Karastergiou, A, Keith, M J, Song, X, Weltevrede, P, Abbate, F, Bailes, M, Buchner, S, Camilo, F, Geyer, M, Hugo, B, Jameson, A, Kramer, M, Parthasarathy, A, Reardon, D J, Ridolfi A, Serylak, M, Shannon, R M, Spiewak, R, Van Straten, W, Venkatraman Krishnan, V, Jankowski, F, Meyers, B W, Oswald , L, Posselt, B, Sobey, C, Szary, A, Van Leeuwen, J
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148814
- Identifier
- vital:38776
- Identifier
- https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1093/mnras/staa516
- Description
- We report here on initial results from the Thousand-Pulsar-Array (TPA) programme, part of the Large Survey Project ‘MeerTime’ on the MeerKAT telescope. The interferometer is used in the tied-array mode in the band from 856 to 1712 MHz, and the wide band coupled with the large collecting area and low receiver temperature make it an excellent telescope for the study of radio pulsars. The TPA is a 5 year project, which aims at to observing (a) more than 1000 pulsars to obtain high-fidelity pulse profiles, (b) some 500 of these pulsars over multiple epochs, and (c) long sequences of single-pulse trains from several hundred pulsars.
- Format
- 8 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Johnston, S., Karastergiou, A., Keith, M.J., Song, X., Weltevrede, P., Abbate, F., Bailes, M., Buchner, S., Camilo, F., Geyer, M. and Hugo, B., 2020. The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT–I. Science objectives and first results. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(3), pp.3608-3615., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society volume 493 number 3 3608 3615 April 2020 1365-2966
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