Speaker
Venu Prayag
(University of Cape Town, TRAPUM)
Description
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), 50 kpc from Earth, is a unique nearby galaxy with lower metallicity, more star formation, and a higher number of supernova remnants and high-mass X-ray binaries than the Milky Way per unit mass. As part of the TRAPUM project, we are using MeerKAT’s excellent sensitivity to search for extragalactic radio pulsars in the LMC. With over three times the sensitivity of previous surveys, we can probe deeper and aim to expand the known extragalactic pulsar population, which previously stood at only 38 radio pulsars.
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Primary author
Venu Prayag
(University of Cape Town, TRAPUM)