Dear Werdwerdus,
In the last days we have confirmed that Einstein@Home has discovered a new radio pulsar in data from the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey. I'm happy to tell you that your computer was one of the two which discovered this new pulsar with highest significance. Some details about the new pulsar are available here:
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/radiopu...S_discoveries/
IMPORTANT: if you think this email is not for real, please look at that public web page and you will see your Einstein@Home account name on the right-hand side of the list!
I plan to put a news item on the Einstein@Home front page about this very soon. If you agree, I would like to acknowledge you by your real name, so would be very grateful if you could write back to me. We are still investigating this sytem, but will eventually publish the discovery in a scientific publication. I'd also like to ask permission to acknowledge you by name in the scientific publication. Once the publication is out, I will also send you a nice certificate of appreciation.
Please let me know how you would like to have your name appear on the certificate, and send me your mailing address. Similarly, if we can acknowledge you by name in our web-page news item and in the publication, please tell me how you would like your name to appear there.
Since we started Einstein@Home more than seven years ago, we have sent out more than 100 million workunits. The odds of receiving a "discovery workunit", as you have, are similar to those of winning a big national lottery. So congratulations, and thanks for supporting Einstein@Home!
Sincerely,
Bruce Allen
Director, Einstein@Home
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