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The primary science driver for the VCS is pulsars, though there exploring a frequency range in which the vast majority of pulsars have very little or no published information. The science cases are numerous, but include:
- pulsar emission mechanism, i.e. studying phenomena such as giant pulses, sub-pulse drifting, and emission intermittency,
- survey science, i.e characterising known pulsars, detection of new pulsars, and regular monitoring of targets of interest, and
- propagation effects induced by the interstellar medium, i.e pulse broadening/scattering, scintillation and dispersion measure variations (in time and frequency).
There are also opportunities in terms of Solar science (e.g. solar bursts, interplanetary scintillation) and other fast-transient science cases where high time resolution is desirable (e.g. triggering on GRBs, FRBs and other exotic phenomena).
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