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arxiv: 2002.10250 · v1 · pith:4VCCGA7Vnew · submitted 2020-02-18 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · astro-ph.IM· astro-ph.SR

The Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT I: Science objectives and first results

Simon Johnston , A. Karastergiou , M. J. Keith , X. Song , P. Weltevrede , F. Abbate , M. Bailes , S. Buchner
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F. Camilo M. Geyer B. Hugo A. Jameson. M. Kramer A. Parthasarathy D. J. Reardon A. Ridolfi M. Serylak R. M. Shannon R. Spiewak W. van Straten V. Venkatraman Krishnan F. Jankowski B. W. Meyers L. Oswald B. Posselt C. Sobey A. Szary J. van Leeuwen
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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 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 to observe (a) more than 1000 pulsars to obtain high-fidelity pulse profiles, (b) some 500 of these pulsars over multiple epochs, (c) long sequences of single-pulse trains from several hundred pulsars. The scientific outcomes from the programme will include determination of pulsar geometries, the location of the radio emission within the pulsar magnetosphere, the connection between the magnetosphere and the crust and core of the star, tighter constraints on the nature of the radio emission itself as well as interstellar medium studies. First results presented here include updated dispersion measures, 26 pulsars with Faraday rotation measures derived for the first time and a description of interesting emission phenomena observed thus far.

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