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- Title
Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope and Its Role in Pulsar Astronomy.
- Authors
Yan, Zhen; Shen, Zhiqiang; Wu, Yajun; Zhao, Rongbing; Liu, Jie; Huang, Zhipeng; Wang, Rui; Wang, Xiaowei; Liu, Qinghui; Li, Bin; Wang, Jinqing; Zhong, Weiye; Jiang, Wu; Xia, Bo
- Abstract
After two phases of on-site construction and testing (2010–2013 and 2013–2017), the Shanghai Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT) can work well, with efficiencies better than 50% from 1.3 to 50.0 GHz, mainly benefiting from its low-noise cryogenic receivers and active surface system. Pulsars were chosen as important targets of research at the TMRT because of their important scientific and applied values. To meet the demands of pulsar-related observations, TMRT is equipped with some necessary backends, including a digital backend system (DIBAS) supporting normal pulsar observation modes, a real-time fast-radio-burst-monitoring backend, and baseband backends for very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations. Utilizing its high sensitivity and simultaneous dual-frequency observation capacity, a sequence of pulsar research endeavors has been undertaken, such as long-term pulsar timing, magnetar monitoring, multi-frequency (or high-frequency) observations, interstellar scintillation, pulsar VLBI, etc. In this paper, we give a short introduction about pulsar observation systems at the TMRT and briefly review the results obtained by these pulsar research projects.
- Subjects
ASTRONOMY; RADIO telescopes; TEST design; ON-site evaluation; BASEBAND; INTERFEROMETRY
- Publication
Universe (2218-1997), 2024, Vol 10, Issue 5, p195
- ISSN
2218-1997
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/universe10050195