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Radio searches for single pulses provide the opportunity to discover one-off events, fast transients and some pulsars that might otherwise be missed by conventional periodicity searches. The MeerTRAP real-time search pipeline operates…

We use data from the MeerTime project on the MeerKAT telescope to ask whether the radio emission properties of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) and slowly rotating, younger pulsars (SPs) are similar or different. We show that the flux density…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-10 A. Karastergiou , S. Johnston , B. Posselt , L. S. Oswald , M. Kramer , P. Weltevrede

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are bright enigmatic radio pulses of roughly millisecond duration that come from extragalactic distances. As part of the MeerTRAP project, we use the MeerKAT telescope array in South Africa to search for and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-10 F. Jankowski , M. Berezina , B. W. Stappers , E. D. Barr , M. C. Bezuidenhout , M. Caleb , L. N. Driessen , M. Malenta , V. Morello , K. M. Rajwade , S. Sanidas , M. P. Surnis

Solar radio emissions offer unique diagnostic insights into the solar corona. However, their dynamic and multiscale nature, along with several orders of magnitude variations in intensity, pose significant observational challenges. To date,…

Real-time detections of transients and rapid multi-wavelength follow-up are at the core of modern multi-messenger astrophysics. MeerTRAP is one such instrument that has been deployed on the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa to search…

We have measured the scattering timescale, $\tau$, and the scattering spectral index, $\alpha$, for 84 single-component pulsars. Observations were carried out with the MeerKAT telescope as part of the Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme in the…

We present the largest single survey to date of average profiles of radio pulsars, observed and processed using the same telescope and data reduction software. Specifically, we present measurements for 1170 pulsars, observed by the Thousand…

In an accompanying publication, the MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array (MPTA) collaboration reports tentative evidence for the presence of a stochastic gravitational-wave background, following observations of similar signals from the European and…

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) presents a unique environment for pulsar population studies due to its distinct star formation characteristics and proximity to the Milky Way. As part of the TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsars with MeerKAT)…

Given sufficient sensitivity, pulsar timing observations can make a direct detection of gravitational waves passing over the Earth. Pulsar timing is most sensitive to gravitational waves with frequencies in the nanoHertz region, with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R N Manchester

We present observations of 35 high spin-down energy radio pulsars using the MeerKAT telescope. Polarisation profiles and associated parameters are also presented. We derive the geometry for a selection of pulsars which show interpulse…

We have determined positions, proper motions, and parallaxes of $77$ millisecond pulsars (MSPs) from $\sim3$ years of MeerKAT radio telescope observations. Our timing and noise analyses enable us to measure $35$ significant parallaxes ($12$…

We present the discovery and localisation of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) source from the MeerTRAP project, a commensal fast radio transient search programme using the MeerKAT telescope. FRB 20240619D was first discovered on 2024 June…

PSR J0540$-$6919 is the second-most energetic radio pulsar known and resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Like the Crab pulsar it is observed to emit giant radio pulses (GPs). We used the newly-commissioned PTUSE instrument on the MeerKAT…

MeerKAT's large number of antennas, spanning 8 km with a densely packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity over a wide range of angular scales. The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-19 K. Knowles , W. D. Cotton , L. Rudnick , F. Camilo , S. Goedhart , R. Deane , M. Ramatsoku , M. F. Bietenholz , M. Brüggen , C. Button , H. Chen , J. O. Chibueze , T. E. Clarke , F. de Gasperin , R. Ianjamasimanana , G. I. G. Józsa , M. Hilton , K. C. Kesebonye , K. Kolokythas , R. C. Kraan-Korteweg , G. Lawrie , M. Lochner , S. I. Loubser , P. Marchegiani , N. Mhlahlo , K. Moodley , E. Murphy , B. Namumba , N. Oozeer , V. Parekh , D. S. Pillay , S. S. Passmoor , A. J. T. Ramaila , S. Ranchod , E. Retana-Montenegro , L. Sebokolodi , S. P. Sikhosana , O. Smirnov , K. Thorat , T. Venturi , T. D. Abbott , R. M. Adam , G. Adams , M. A. Aldera , E. F. Bauermeister , T. G. H. Bennett , W. A. Bode , D. H. Botha , A. G. Botha , L. R. S. Brederode , S. Buchner , J. P. Burger , T. Cheetham , D. I. L. de Villiers , M. A. Dikgale-Mahlakoana , L. J. du Toit , S. W. P. Esterhuyse , G. Fadana , B. L. Fanaroff , S. Fataar , A. R. Foley , D. J. Fourie , B. S. Frank , R. R. G. Gamatham , T. G. Gatsi , M. Geyer , M. Gouws , S. C. Gumede , I. Heywood , M. J. Hlakola , A. Hokwana , S. W. Hoosen , D. M. Horn , J. M. G. Horrell , B. V. Hugo , A. R. Isaacson , J. L. Jonas , J. D. B. Jordaan , A. F. Joubert , R. P. M. Julie , F. B. Kapp , V. A. Kasper , J. S. Kenyon , P. P. A. Kotzé , A. G. Kotze , N. Kriek , H. Kriel , V. K. Krishnan , T. W. Kusel , L. S. Legodi , R. Lehmensiek , D. Liebenberg , R. T. Lord , B. M. Lunsky , K. Madisa , L. G. Magnus , J. P. L. Main , A. Makhaba , S. Makhathini , J. A. Malan , J. R. Manley , S. J. Marais , M. D. J. Maree , A. Martens , T. Mauch , K. McAlpine , B. C. Merry , R. P. Millenaar , O. J. Mokone , T. E. Monama , M. C. Mphego , W. S. New , B. Ngcebetsha , K. J. Ngoasheng , M. T. Ockards , A. J. Otto , A. A. Patel , A. Peens-Hough , S. J. Perkins , N. M. Ramanujam , Z. R. Ramudzuli , S. M. Ratcliffe , R. Renil , A. Robyntjies , A. N. Rust , S. Salie , N. Sambu , C. T. G. Schollar , L. C. Schwardt , R. L. Schwartz , M. Serylak , R. Siebrits , S. K. Sirothia , M. Slabber , L. Sofeya , B. Taljaard , C. Tasse , A. J. Tiplady , O. Toruvanda , S. N. Twum , T. J. van Balla , A. van der Byl , C. van der Merwe , C. L. van Dyk , V. Van Tonder , R. Van Wyk , A. J. Venter , M. Venter , M. G. Welz , L. P. Williams , B. Xaia

Solar radio emissions provide several unique diagnostics to estimate different physical parameters of the solar corona, which are otherwise simply inaccessible. However, imaging the highly dynamic solar coronal emissions spanning a large…

We describe an ongoing search for pulsars and dispersed pulses of radio emission, such as those from rotating radio transients (RRATs) and fast radio bursts (FRBs), at 350 MHz using the Green Bank Telescope. With the Green Bank Ultimate…

MeerKAT imaging of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (47 Tuc) reveals 1.28 GHz continuum emission at the locations of 20 known millisecond pulsars (MSPs). We use time series and spectral imaging to investigate the image-domain characteristics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Ian Heywood