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Contents
I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3
I-1. Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
I-2. Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................................... 3
II. System Requirements .................................................................................................................... 3
III. Installation and Operation .......................................................................................................... 3
III-1. Network Installation ............................................................................................................................................ 5
IV. Files Included With This Exercise ............................................................................................... 5
IV-1. Files Created During Installation ........................................................................................................................ 5
IV-2. Files Generated During Execution ...................................................................................................................... 7
IV-2.1. Naming .PLR and .CSV Files .................................................................................................................... 7
V. User Options and Data .................................................................................................................. 8
V-1. Parameters and Selectable Options ...................................................................................................................... 8
V-1.1. Simulation Options and Parameters ............................................................................................................ 8
V-1.2. Time and Location Parameters .................................................................................................................. 10
V-1.3 File Name Options .................................................................................................................................... 10
V-2. Data Files ............................................................................................................................................................11
V-2.1 Pulsar Data File ..........................................................................................................................................11
V-2.2 Pulsar Hot List File ................................................................................................................................... 12
V-2.3 Recorded Signal Data File ........................................................................................................................ 12
V-3. Using a Spreadsheet Program ............................................................................................................................ 13
VI. ASTRONOMICAL DATA, MODELS AND ALGORITHMS .............................................. 14
VI-1. Pulsar Signals ....................................................................................................................................................
VI-1.1. Pulse Data ...............................................................................................................................................
VI-1.1.1. Pulsar Period and Phase ...............................................................................................................
VI-1.1.2. Pulse Profiles ................................................................................................................................
VI-1.1.3. Pulse Dispersion ...........................................................................................................................
VI-1.2. Background and Noise............................................................................................................................
VI-1.3. Generating the Signal..............................................................................................................................
VI-2. Pulsar Sound Effects .........................................................................................................................................
VI-2.1 General Technique ...................................................................................................................................
VI-2.2 Simulating the Pulse Sound .....................................................................................................................
VI-2.3 Synchronizing Sound and Video..............................................................................................................
VI-2.3.1 Synchronizing After Frequency Changes ......................................................................................
VI-2.3.2 Adjusting the Display Rate ............................................................................................................
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REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 20