Search for Pulsars and Fast Transients with MeerKAT

猫鼬是南半球最敏感的射电望远镜，也是世界上最敏感的射电望远镜之一。它也是世界上最大的射电望远镜平方公里阵列的前置光标。它目前正在通过TRAPUM(Meerkat的瞬变和脉冲星)和MeerTRAP(更多的瞬变和脉冲星)项目搜索射电脉冲星和快速瞬变。这些搜索的目的是寻找数百个新的射电脉冲星和快速瞬变，包括快速射电爆发。在这个项目中，你将加入这些团队，寻找天体物理学中一些最令人兴奋的物体。特别是，你将寻找与超新星遗迹、脉冲星风星云或高能量源有关的年轻和/或高能脉冲星。你将在这些观测中平行搜索快速射电瞬变，如旋转射电瞬变，并可能发现快速射电爆发。在发现脉冲星后，你将对脉冲星进行后续计时，以确定它们的性质，如何与已知的脉冲星群体进行比较，以及它们如何与周围环境相互作用。任何被发现的FRB都将能够被精确定位，并可以对它们的宿主进行研究，也可以搜索重复的爆发。

MeerKAT is the most sensitive radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the most sensitive in the world. It is also a pre-cursor to the world's largest radio telescope the Square Kilometre Array. It is currently undertaking searches for radio pulsars and fast transients through the TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsars with MeerKAT) and MeerTRAP (More TRAnsients and Pulsars) projects.The aim of these searches is to find hundreds of new radio pulsars and fast transients, including Fast Radio Bursts. In this project you would join these teams to search for some of the most exciting objects in astrophysics. In particular you would be looking for young and/or energetic pulsars located in association with supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae or high energy sources.You would in parallel search these observations for fast radio transients such as Rotating Radio Transients and potentially find Fast Radio Bursts. After discovery you would undertake follow up timing of the pulsars to determine their nature and how the compare to the known pulsar population and how they interact with their surroundings. Any FRBs that were discovered would be able to be localised precisely and studies could be undertaken of their hosts and also searches for repeat bursts.