Week 4 Listening Lab: Fold a pulsar
Align repeated pulses and compare raw timing with a folded profile.
Listening Lab 04
16 August 2027
Leave with
a pulsar profile and an audification note
Before the lab#
Select a pulsar record from the provided ATNF shortlist and read its period.
In the lab#
Mark pulse arrivals, fold the series by the published period and compare the
aggregate profile with the original timing. Discuss what repeated averaging
removes.
Leave with#
A labelled plot, short audio rendering and methods note ready for the Pulsar
Signal Study.
The spec
What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.
- the pulsar and catalogue source are identified
- the period used for folding is stated
- raw and folded versions remain distinguishable