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PULSE@Parkes

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Publications from the PULSE@Parkes Project

Kerr et al., 2014, accepted by MNRAS (arxiv:1408:6933) "The Three Discrete Nulling Timescales of PSR J1717-4054". This paper was inspired by, and used data from, the PULSE@Parkes project.

Hollow, R., Hobbs, G., "Building Educational Programs for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder" Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future. Proceedings of a conference held September 12-16, 2009 in Millbrae, California, USA. Edited by Jonathan Barnes, Denise A. Smith, Michael G. Gibbs, and James G. Manning., p.270

Hobbs et al., 2009, PASA, 26, 468, "The PULSE@Parkes Project: a New Observing Technique for Long-Term Pulsar Monitoring"

Hollow R., et al., 2008, ASPC, 400, 190, "PULSE@Parkes: Pulsar Observing for High School Students" Preparing for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy: A Hands-On Symposium ASP Conference Series, Vol. 400, proceedings of the conference held 1-5 June, 2008, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in Conjunction with the 212th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Edited by Michael G. Gibbs, Jonathan Barnes, James G. Manning, and Bruce Partridge. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008., p.190

Publications that mention the PULSE@Parkes Project

Fitzgerald, M. T., et al., 2014, PASA "A Review of High School Level Astronomy Student Research Projects over the last two decades"

Hobbs et al. 2014, "The Role of FAST in Pulsar Timing Arrays" To be published in a special issue on FAST in RAA

Manchester et al. 2014, CQGra, 30, 4010, "The International Pulsar Timing Array"

Hobbs, 2013, CQGra, 30 ,4008, "The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array"

Stovall, Lorimer and Lynch, 2013, CQGra, 30, 4003, "Searching for millisecond pulsars: surveys, techniques and prospects"

Yu, M., 2013, MNRAS, 2013, 429, 688, "Detection of 107 glitches in 36 southern pulsars"

Hobbs et al., 2011, PASA, 28, 202, "The Parkes Observatory Pulsar Data Archive"

Frew et al., 2011, PASA, 28, 83, "K 1-6: An Asymmetric Planetary Nebula with a Binary Central Star"

Rosen et al., 2010, AEdRv, 9, "The Pulsar Search Collaboratory"