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The Future of Pulsar Research and Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

Matthew Bailes
Matthew Bailes*
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, H11 PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Australia, 3122 email: mbailes@swin.edu.au ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)
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Abstract

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Radio pulsars have been responsible for many astonishing astrophysical and fundamental physics breakthroughs since their discovery 50 years ago. In this review I will discuss many of the highlights, most of which were only possible because of the provision of large-scale observing facilities. The next 50 years of pulsar astronomy can be very bright, but only if our governments properly plan and fund the infrastructure necessary to enable future discoveries. Being a small sub-field of astronomy places an onus on the pulsar community to have an open-source/open access approach to data, software, and major observing facilities to enable new groups to emerge to keep the field vibrant.

Keywords

pulsarsradio pulsarsradio telescopes
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S337: Pulsar Astrophysics the Next Fifty Years , September 2017 , pp. 165 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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