Description
TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsars with MeerKAT, Stappers & Kramer 2016) is a Large Survey Project of the MeerKAT telescope, a 64-dish radio interferometer and precursor to the Square Kilometer Array. The TRAPUM collaboration is conducting a survey of nearby galaxies, which has so far increased the extragalactic radio pulsar population by 50%. I will present the novel observing and processing methods of the survey, harnessing the capabilities of the SKA’s mid-frequency precursor. I will report on the results of the recently completed Small Magellanic Cloud survey, which revealed many young pulsars, the prolific Large Magellanic Cloud survey, and a Fast Radio Burst discovery near the Sextans group of galaxies. Our discoveries can reveal valuable information on Neutron Star formation, Gravitational Waves and Fast Radio Bursts, by effectively probing the effects of another galaxy's properties onto a neutron star population.| Period | 18 Jun 2023 |
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| Event title | Timing and Imaging of compact sources with SKA pathfinders and precursors |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | GreeceShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
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Research output
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The TRAPUM Small Magellanic Cloud pulsar survey with MeerKAT: I. Discovery of seven new pulsars and two Pulsar Wind Nebula associations
Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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TRAPUM pulsar and transient search in the Sextans A and B galaxies and discovery of background FRB 20210924D
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review