Cherry Ng

• The Discovery of Nulling and Mode Switching Pulsars with CHIME/Pulsar
  PulsarNullingModing _{C. Ng, et al., 2020, ApJ, 903, 2
  Pulsars switching between on and off emission states.}

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• Faraday rotation measures of northern-hemisphere pulsars using CHIME/Pulsar
  PulsarRM _{C. Ng, et al., 2020, MNRAS, 496, 3, 2836-2848
  55 new rotation measures plus 25 with improved precision, adds to the understanding of the Galactic magnetic field. Also see media coverage from the Varsity and the Dunlap Institute.}

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• A Shapiro delay detection in the pulsar binary system PSR J1811−2405
  PulsarNS mass _{C. Ng, et al., 2020, MNRAS, 493, 1, 1261-1267
  A binary pulsar with an edge-on orbit, providing a way to weigh the mass of the Neutron Star.}

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• CHIME/FRB Detection of the Original Repeating Fast Radio Burst Source FRB 121102
  FRBRepeater _{A. Josephy, P. Chawla, E. Fonseca, C. Ng, et al., 2019, ApJ, 882, 2
  CHIME sees more bursts from R1.}

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• Algorithms for FFT Beamforming Radio Interferometers
  Beamforming _{K. Masui, J. R. Shaw, C. Ng, et al., 2019, ApJ, 879, 1
  The mathematics behind the CHIME FFT beamforming technique.}

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• A Second Source of Repeating Fast Radio Bursts
  FRBRepeater _{(*corresponding author) the CHIME collaboration, 2019, Nature, 566, 235-238
  CHIME sees a second repeating FRB.}

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• PSR J1755−2550: a young radio pulsar with a massive, compact companion
  Pulsar _{C. Ng, et al., 2018, MNRAS, 476, 4, 4315
  A binary pulsar with an unusual evolutionary track.}

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• Pulsar science with the CHIME telescope
  Pulsar _{C. Ng, et al., 2017, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 337, 4
  An overview of the CHIME/Pulsar backend and its science goals.}

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• CHIME FRB: An application of FFT beamforming for a radio telescope
  Beamforming _{C. Ng, et al., 2017, Radio Science Conference (URSI GASS)
  The implementation of an FFT technique to form beams on CHIME to optimally search for FRBs.}

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• The HTRU – XII. Galactic plane acceleration search and the discovery of 60 pulsars
  Pulsar _{C. Ng, et al., 2015, MNRAS, 450, 2922
  A targeted search for pulsar in different binaries led to 60 discoveries.}

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• Pulsar searching and timing with the Parkes telescope
  Pulsar _{C. Ng, 2014, PhD thesis
  The 3.5 years of my life spent hunting pulsars.}

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• The HTRU – X. Discovery of four MSPs and updated timing solutions of a further 12
  Pulsar _{C. Ng, et al., 2014, MNRAS, 439, 1865
  A detail study of 16 fast-spinning millisecond pulsars.}

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• A systematic Analysis of the broad Fe Kα line in Neutron Star LMXBs with XMM-Newton
  X-ray binaries _{C. Ng, M. Díaz Trigo, M. Cadolle Bel, S. Migliari, 2010, A&A, 522, A96, 25
  We find no relativistic effect in the Fe lines which has implications on the emission origin.}

Some of my recent public talks include the Toronto CRAM festival and the hugely popular Astronomy on Tap T.O.. If you are looking for a speaker for your next event, don't hesitate to get in touch!

_{The CRAM festival (April 5, 2019): Find out how we study the expansion of our Universe and hunt for mysterious Fast Radio Bursts with the CHIME telescope.}

_{Astro on Tap T.O. (Nov 22, 2019): CHIME unraveling the mystery of Fast Radio Bursts.}

_{SETI Institute panel discussion (Oct 22, 2020) on single dish vs array telescopes. You can re-watch it on this YouTube link.}

_{Public talk at the David Dunlap Observatory (Nov 7, 2020) on Fast Radio Burst discoveries with the CHIME telescope (YouTube link).}

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