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The Parkes radio telescope has found nearly two-thirds of the known pulsars. These pulsars are widely distributed in our Galaxy, making them valuable probes of the Galactic interstellar medium. In particular, measurements of the polarisation of pulsar radio emission allows measurement of Faraday rotation in the interstellar medium and hence the strength and direction of the Galactic magnetic field. We propose to extend earlier work to reveal magnetic field structures in more distant regions of the Galaxy by exploiting the wide bandwidth and high sensitivity of the newly installed Ultra-Wideband Low receiver.
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