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Using the narrowband all-sky imager mode of the LWA1 we have now detected 30 transients at 25.6 MHz, 1 at 34 MHz, and 93 at 38.0 MHz. While we have only optically confirmed that 37 of these events are radio afterglows from meteors, evidence…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-12 K. S. Obenberger , J. D. Dowell , P. J. Hancock , J. M. Holmes , T. R. Pedersen , F. K. Schinzel , G. B. Taylor

We report on the results of a search for radio transients between 115 and 190\,MHz with the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR). Four fields have been monitored with cadences between 15 minutes and several months. A total of 151 images were…

LWA1 is a new radio telescope operating in the frequency range 10-88 MHz, located in central New Mexico. The telescope consists of 258 pairs of dipole-type antennas whose outputs are individually digitized and formed into beams.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 S. W. Ellingson , G. B. Taylor , J. Craig , J. Hartman , J. Dowell , C. N. Wolfe , T. E. Clarke , B. C. Hicks , N. E. Kassim , P. S. Ray , L. J. Rickard , F. K. Schinzel , K. W. Weiler

We present and evaluate several strategies to search for prompt, low-frequency radio emission associated with gravitational wave transients using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). As we are able to repoint the MWA on timescales of tens…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-12 D. L. Kaplan , T. Murphy , A. Rowlinson , S. D. Croft , R. B. Wayth , C. M. Trott

Long-period radio transients (LPTs) are a recently identified phenomenon that challenge our current understanding of compact objects and coherent radio emission mechanisms. These objects emit radio pulses similar to those of pulsars, but at…

LWA1 is a new large radio telescope array operating in the frequency range 10-88 MHz, located in central New Mexico. The telescope consists of 260 pairs of dipole-type antennas whose outputs are individually digitized and formed into beams.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 S. W. Ellingson , J. Craig , J. Dowell , G. B. Taylor , J. F. Helmboldt

We report on the methodology and first results from the Deep Lens Survey transient search. We utilize image subtraction on survey data to yield all sources of optical variability down to 24th magnitude. Images are analyzed immediately after…

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 N. D. R. Bhat , J. N. Chengalur , P. J. Cox , Y. Gupta , J. Prasad , J. Roy , M. Bailes , S. Burke-Spolaor , S. S. Kudale , W. van Straten

LOFAR is a new form of radio telescope which can detect radio emission from air showers induced by very high-energy cosmic rays. It can also look for radio emission from particle cascades on the Moon induced by ultra high-energy cosmic rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. Thoudam , G. v. Aar , M. v. d. Akker , L. Bähren , A. Corstanje , H. Falcke , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , C. James , M. Mevius , O. Scholten , K. Singh , S. ter Veen

We present a three epoch survey for transient and variables in the extended Chandra Deep Field South at 5.5 GHz with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. A region covering $\sim$0.3 deg$^{2}$ was observed on timescales of 2.5 months and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 M. E. Bell , M. T. Huynh , P. Hancock , Tara Murphy , B. M. Gaensler , D. Burlon , C. Trott , K. Bannister

We have conducted two pilot surveys for radio pulsars and fast transients with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) around 140 MHz and here report on the first low-frequency fast-radio burst limit and the discovery of two new pulsars. The first…

We present Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) monitoring of the Kepler K2 mission Fields 3, 4, and 5 at frequencies of 155 and 186 MHz, from observations contemporaneous with the K2 observations. This work follows from previous MWA and GMRT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 S. J. Tingay , P. J Hancock

Many astronomical sources produce transient phenomena at radio frequencies, but the transient sky at low frequencies (<300 MHz) remains relatively unexplored. Blind surveys with new widefield radio instruments are setting increasingly…

Recent investigations reveal an important new class of transient radio phenomena that occur on sub-millisecond timescales. Often transient surveys' data volumes are too large to archive exhaustively. Instead, an on-line automatic system…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 David R. Thompson , Kiri L. Wagstaff , Walter Brisken , Adam T. Deller , Walid A. Majid , Steven J. Tingay , Randall B. Wayth

There are several unexplored regions of the short-duration radio transient phase space. One such unexplored region is the luminosity gap between giant pulses (from pulsars) and cosmologically located fast radio bursts (FRBs). The Survey for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-05 Christopher D. Bochenek , Daniel L. McKenna , Konstantin V. Belov , Jonathon Kocz , Shri R. Kulkarni , James Lamb , Vikram Ravi , David Woody

Based on a new approach to the detection of radio transients associated with extensive air showers induced by ultra high energy cosmic rays, the experimental apparatus CODALEMA is in operation, measuring about 1 event per day corresponding…

LOFAR, the "low-frequency array", will be one of the first in a new generation of radio telescopes and Square Kilometer Array (SKA) pathfinders that are highly flexible in capability because they are largely software driven. LOFAR will not…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-10 J. W. T. Hessels , B. W. Stappers , J. van Leeuwen , LOFAR Transients Key Science Project

The current data acquisition rate of astronomical transient surveys and the promise for significantly higher rates during in the next decade necessitate the development of novel approaches to analyze astronomical data sets and promptly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-28 Robert Strausbaugh , Antonino Cucchiara , Michael Dow , Sara Webb , Jielai Zhang , Simon Goode , Jeff Cooke

The Deeper, Wider, Faster (DWF) program coordinates observations with telescopes across the electromagnetic spectrum, searching for transients on timescales of milliseconds to days. The tenth DWF observing run was carried out in near…