Video URL
https://pirsa.org/16020100The Hunt for Radio Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts
APA
Kaspi, V. (2016). The Hunt for Radio Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/16020100
MLA
Kaspi, Victoria. The Hunt for Radio Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Feb. 03, 2016, https://pirsa.org/16020100
BibTex
@misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:16020100, doi = {10.48660/16020100}, url = {https://pirsa.org/16020100}, author = {Kaspi, Victoria}, keywords = {Other Physics}, language = {en}, title = {The Hunt for Radio Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts}, publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics}, year = {2016}, month = {feb}, note = {PIRSA:16020100 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/16020100}} }
Victoria Kaspi McGill University
Abstract
Radio pulsars are Nature's most perfect clock and hence are useful for precision work on a wide variety of physical and astrophysical topics, ranging from sensitive tests of relativistic gravity to constraining the equation of state of ultradense matter. I will describe current ongoing surveys for radio pulsars using the two largest radio telescopes in the world, and how these surveys are also valuable for searching for Fast Radio Bursts, a newly recognized astrophysical phenomenon of unknown origin.