SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2008 THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE (LAT) HAS DETECTED OVER 200 GAMMA-RAY PULSARS. ROUGHLY HALF OF THESE WERE DISCOVERED BY RADIO TELESCOPES TARGETING PULSAR-LIKE LAT SOURCES AS PART OF THE PULSAR SEARCH CONSORTIUM (PSC). THE FIVE-HUNDREDMETER APERTURE SPHERICAL RADIO TELESCOPE (FAST) CURRENTLY IN ITS COMMISSIONING PHASE IS THE LARGEST AND MOST SENSITIVE SINGLEDISH RADIO TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD AND RECENTLY JOINED THE PSC. WE PROPOSE A COORDINATED PROGRAM OF PULSAR SEARCHES WITH FAST IN CONJUNCTION WITH FERMI TO DISCOVER NEW RADIO AND GAMMA-RAY PULSARS MAKING USE OF THE RECENTLY-RELEASED 8-YEAR POINT SOURCE LIST (AND UPCOMING 4FGL). FINALLY WE WILL CARRY OUT THE DEEPEST SEARCHES YET FOR RADIO PULSATIONS FROM THE CURRENT POPULATION OF RADIOQUIET PULSARS.

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SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2008 THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE (LAT) HAS DETECTED OVER 200 GAMMA-RAY PULSARS. ROUGHLY HALF OF THESE WERE DISCOVERED BY RADIO TELESCOPES TARGETING PULSAR-LIKE LAT SOURCES AS PART OF THE PULSAR SEARCH CONSORTIUM (PSC). THE FIVE-HUNDREDMETER APERTURE SPHERICAL RADIO TELESCOPE (FAST) CURRENTLY IN ITS COMMISSIONING PHASE IS THE LARGEST AND MOST SENSITIVE SINGLEDISH RADIO TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD AND RECENTLY JOINED THE PSC. WE PROPOSE A COORDINATED PROGRAM OF PULSAR SEARCHES WITH FAST IN CONJUNCTION WITH FERMI TO DISCOVER NEW RADIO AND GAMMA-RAY PULSARS MAKING USE OF THE RECENTLY-RELEASED 8-YEAR POINT SOURCE LIST (AND UPCOMING 4FGL). FINALLY WE WILL CARRY OUT THE DEEPEST SEARCHES YET FOR RADIO PULSATIONS FROM THE CURRENT POPULATION OF RADIOQUIET PULSARS. · GrantIndex