Pulsar Science with the SKA Cornell University脉冲星学和斯卡康奈尔大学.pptVIP

Pulsars Black Holes Fundamental Physics andAstrophysicsusingPulsars and the SKA Pulsar Science Highlights Pulsars… embody physics of the EXTREME surface speed ~0.1c 10x nuclear density in centre some have B Bq = 4.4 x 1013 G Voltage drops ~ 1012 volts FEM = 109Fg = 1011FgEarth Tsurf ~ million K …relativistic plasma physics in action …probes of turbulent and magnetized ISM …precision tools, e.g. - Period of B1937+21: P = 0.0015578064924327?0.0000000000000004 s - Orbital eccentricity of J1012+5307: e0.0000008 Noted GR Laboratories First Double Pulsar! Was Einstein right? Was Einstein right? Exploration of Black Holes Black Hole properties Cosmic Censorship No-Hair Cosmic Censorship No-Hair Galactic Census with the SKA Pulsar Astrophysics with SKA Pulsar Astrophysics with SKA Pulsar Astrophysics with SKA Pulsar Astrophysics with SKA Pulsar Astrophysics with SKA Pulsar Astrophysics with SKA Cosmological Gravitational Wave Background Cosmological Gravitational Wave Background Cosmological Gravitational Wave Background Technical Requirements for Probing Fundamental Physics with the SKA Blind Searching Periodicity searches Giant-pulse searches Pulse timing of discovered pulsars Astrometry using VLB baselines Other: scintillation studies single pulse polarimetry synoptic studies (eclipsing systems, magnetospheric physics, etc) Blind Searching Traditional: periodic dispersed pulses and single dispersed pulses Extension: signals with greater time-frequency complexity than known pulsar signals (flare stars, GRBs, SETI, …) Search as large a field of view as possible to maximize throughput and to allow multiple passes for transient objects Search domains: Galactic plane (e.g. |b| 5°) “Galactic halo” MSPs and binary pulsars Galactic center star cluster Nearby galaxies (periodic and single-pulse searches) Virgo cluster galaxies (giant pulse searches) Blind Searching for Pulsars Implications for SKA requirements: Frequency ra