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In the centre of the Milky Way, we believe there is supermassive black hole, whose mass is more than a million times of the Sun. Around this supermassive black hole, we have observed very dense ionised interstellar medium, complex molecular clouds and star clusters with a large number stars. Based on these observational evidences, astronomers have argued that there are a large population of neutron stars orbiting around the supermassive black hole. If we can discover these neutron stars, we can use them as a tool to study the supermassive black hole, such as the gravitational field around it. In this proposal, we propose to use the new ultra-wideband receiver of the Parkes telescope to search for pulsars around the Galactic centre. We believe that we will be able to achieve the highest sensitivity so far with the new receiver, and therefore have a good chance to find some new pulsars.
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