Journal article
Detection of fast transients with radio interferometric arrays
NDR Bhat, JN Chengalur, PJ Cox, Y Gupta, J Prasad, J Roy, M Bailes, S Burke-Spolaor, SS Kudale, W Van Straten
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | IOP PUBLISHING LTD | Published : 2013
Abstract
Next-generation radio arrays, including the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and its pathfinders, will open up new avenues for exciting transient science at radio wavelengths. Their innovative designs, comprising a large number of small elements, pose several challenges in digital processing and optimal observing strategies. The Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) presents an excellent test-bed for developing and validating suitable observing modes and strategies for transient experiments with future arrays. Here we describe the first phase of the ongoing development of a transient detection system for GMRT that is planned to eventually function in a commensal mode with other observing progr..
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Awarded by Australian Government under the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work is supported by the Australian Government under the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund grant ST020071 and by the Indian Government under the Department of Science and Technology grant DST/INT/AUS/Proj-14/2008. The Centre for All-sky Astrophysics is an Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence, funded by CE11E0090. N.D.R.B. is supported by a Curtin Research Fellowship and thanks Steven Tingay for support and encouragement extended to this project. We thank an anonymous referee for many useful comments that helped to improve the clarity of the paper. Data processing was carried out at Swinburne University's Supercomputing Facility. We thank the staff of the GMRT for help with the observations. The GMRT is operated by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India.