The Pulsar Search Collaboratory

Rachel Rosen; Sue Ann Heatherly; Maura A. McLaughlin; Ryan Lynch; Vlad I. Kondratiev; Jason R. Boyles; M. Terry Wilson; Duncan R. Lorimer; Scott Ransom

doi:10.3847/AER2010004

The Pulsar Search Collaboratory

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2010-05-07 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Authors: Rachel Rosen , Sue Ann Heatherly , Maura A. McLaughlin , Ryan Lynch , Vlad I. Kondratiev , Jason R. Boyles , M. Terry Wilson , Duncan R. Lorimer , Scott Ransom

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The Pulsar Search Collaboratory [PSC, NSF #0737641] is a joint project between the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and West Virginia University (WVU) designed to interest high school students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] related career paths by helping them to conduct authentic scientific research. The 3- year PSC program, which began in summer 2008, teaches students to analyze astronomical radio data acquired with the 100-m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope for the purpose of discovering new pulsars. We present the results of the first complete year of the PSC, which includes two astronomical discoveries.

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@article{arxiv.1005.1060,
  title  = {The Pulsar Search Collaboratory},
  author = {Rachel Rosen and Sue Ann Heatherly and Maura A. McLaughlin and Ryan Lynch and Vlad I. Kondratiev and Jason R. Boyles and M. Terry Wilson and Duncan R. Lorimer and Scott Ransom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1060},
  year   = {2010}
}

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The Pulsar Search Collaboratory

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