The Northern-sky High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey

摘要

The extreme conditions found in and around pulsars make them a fantastic natural laboratory through which many aspects of fundamental physics and astronomy can be probed. Whether it is an exotic pulsar which pushes the limits of the equation-of-state, a precisely timed millisecond pulsar (MSP) that can be used as part of an array to detect gravitational waves or a normal pulsar that will, for example, help to map the interstellar medium, the discovery of new pulsars inevitably leads to an improvement in our understanding of the Universe we live in. We therefore perform an all-sky survey for pulsars using the Effelsberg and Parkes telescopes. This work will concentrate only on the Northern half of the High Time Resolution Universe (HTRU) survey collaboration's work.