Fundamental Physics with Spider Pulsars

这位博士生将为导师团队领导的几个项目做出贡献，这些项目旨在发现和描述新的蜘蛛脉冲星，并了解导致其非凡特性的机制。研究的一个领域是利用新的Meerkat望远镜阵列进行无线电探测，以发现高能脉冲星。这项活动将于2020年初开始，预计将使已知蜘蛛数量增加近一倍。这位博士生将帮助开发新的分析技术，利用包括光学光曲线在内的多波长数据集来改善调查的性能，并进行初步的后续工作。第二个研究领域是脉冲星与其伴星之间相互作用的模拟，主要是通过数值模拟，以解释这些系统的双星演化和物理性质。

The PhD student will contribute to several projects led by the supervisor's team which aim to find and characterise new spider pulsars and understand the mechanisms responsible for their remarkable properties. One area of investigation is a radio survey to find energetic pulsars with the new MeerKAT telescope array. Set to start in early 2020, this campaign is expected to nearly double the number of known spider population. The PhD student will help develop new analysis techniques which will take advantage of multi-wavelength datasets including optical light curves to improve the performances of the survey as well as undertake initial follow-up work. A second area of investigation is the modelling of the interaction between the pulsar and its companion, mainly via numerical simulations, to explain the binary evolution and physical properties of these systems.