Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Pulsar detection & verification with small-aperture antennas. |
| Authors: |
East, Peter W. pwe@ylpwe.co.uk |
| Source: |
Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Aug2024, Vol. 134 Issue 4, p273-280. 8p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*RADIO telescopes, *SIGNAL-to-noise ratio, *PULSARS, *ANTENNAS (Electronics), PULSAR detection |
| Abstract: |
Following a brief introduction to pulsars and how to intercept radio-frequency transmissions from them, this article describes the design and results of an amateur project aimed at detecting and validating the strongest pulsar in the northern celestial hemisphere, with only a modest back-garden radio telescope. Techniques are described to improve verification confidence for weak, low signal-to-noise ratio observations by closer tracking of pulsar pulse train properties and also to identify the strongest pulsar scintillation sequence in the recorded observation data. The methods are illustrated based on an observation of pulsar 80329+54. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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