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Long-period transients (LPTs) are a new and enigmatic class of objects that produce bright pulsations in the radio, with periods far exceeding those seen in rotationally powered pulsars. The proposed progenitors for LPTs are contested, with…

The exponential growth of data from modern radio telescopes presents a significant challenge to traditional single-pulse search algorithms, which are computationally intensive and prone to high false-positive rates due to Radio Frequency…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 Bin Zhang , Yabiao Wang , Xiaoyao Xie , Shanping You , Xuhong Yu , Qiuhua Li , Hongwei Li , Shaowen Du , Chenchen Miao , Dengke Zhou , Jianhua Fang , Jiafu Wu , Pei Wang , Di Li

To solve the range cell migration (RCM) and spectrum spread during the integration time induced by the motion of a target, this paper proposes a new coherent integration method based on Radon non-uniform FRFT (NUFRFT) for random pulse…

Methodology · Statistics 2015-11-11 Jing Tian , Xiang-Gen Xia , Gang Yang , Wei Cui , Si-Liang Wu

We present SPLOT, a small scale pilot survey to test the potential of snapshot (single epoch) linear imaging polarimetry as a supplementary tool to traditional transient follow-up. Transients exist in a vast volume of observational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 A. B. Higgins , K. Wiersema , S. Covino , R. L. C. Starling , H. F. Stevance , Ł. Wyrzykowski , S. T. Hodgkin , J. R. Maund , P. T. O'Brien , N. R. Tanvir

Radio frequency interference (RFI) have been an enduring concern in radio astronomy, particularly for the observations of pulsars which require high timing precision and data sensitivity. In most works of the literature, RFI mitigation has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 Xiao Zhang , Ismaël Cognard , Nicolas Dobigeon

We present a newly implemented single-pulse pipeline for the PALFA survey to efficiently identify single radio pulses from pulsars, Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs) and Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). We have conducted a sensitivity analysis of…

The LOw FRequency ARray - LOFAR is a new radio telescope that is moving the science of radio pulsars and transients into a new phase. Its design places emphasis on digital hardware and flexible software instead of mechanical solutions.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-03 Maciej Serylak , Aris Karastergiou , Chris Williams , Wes Armour , LOFAR Pulsar Working Group

The ongoing optical time-domain astronomy surveys are routinely reporting fifty transient candidates per night. Here, I investigate the demographics of astronomical transients and supernova classifications reported to the Transient Name…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-14 S. R. Kulkarni

Nearly all fast radio RRAT-type transients that are pulsars with rare pulses have been previously detected using decimetre wavelengths. We present here 34 transients detected at metre wavelengths in our daily monitoring at declinations -9o…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Sergey A. Tyul'bashev , Vladislav S. Tyul'bashev , Valery M. Malofeev

We are currently undertaking a survey to search for new pulsars and the recently found Rotating RAdio Transcients (RRATs) in the Cygnus OB complex. The survey uses the Westerbrok Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) in a unique way called the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Rubio-Herrera , R. Braun , G. Janssen , J. van Leeuwen , B. W. Stappers

Part I describes the analysis of periodic and transient signals in EGRET data. A method to search for the transient flux from gamma-ray bursts independent of triggers from other gamma-ray instruments is developed. Several known gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. B. Jones

Here I will review the high time resolution radio sky, focusing on millisecond scales. This is primarily occupied by neutron stars, the well-known radio pulsars and the recently identified group of transient sources known as Rotating RAdio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 E. F. Keane

Fast radio transient search algorithms identify signals of interest by iterating and applying a threshold on a set of matched filters. These filters are defined by properties of the transient such as time and dispersion. A real transient…

We present radio timing measurements of six rotating radio transient (RRAT) sources discovered in the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey. These provide four new phase-connected timing solutions and two updated ones, making a total of seven of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. A. McLaughlin , A. G. Lyne , E. F. Keane , M. Kramer , J. J. Miller , D. R. Lorimer , R. N. Manchester , F. Camilo , I. H. Stairs

We propose a new technique for weak gravitational lensing in the radio band making use of polarization information. Since the orientation of a galaxy's polarized emission is both unaffected by lensing and is related to the galaxy's…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Michael L. Brown , Richard A. Battye

We describe the ongoing `Survey for Magnetars, Intermittent pulsars, Rotating radio transients and Fast radio bursts' (SMIRF), performed using the newly refurbished UTMOST telescope. SMIRF repeatedly sweeps the southern Galactic plane…

We report the discovery of a new candidate pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source (PULX) in NGC 5128 (Centaurus A). The candidate, 4XMM J132542.2-425943, is a transient source, identifiable as a clear X-ray point source for $\sim 8$ months in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-15 Amy H. Knight , Timothy P. Roberts , Callum Potter , Alistair T. Pagan , Dominic J. Walton

Pulse profile modelling is a relativistic ray-tracing technique that can be used to infer masses, radii and geometric parameters of neutron stars. In a previous study, we looked at the performance of this technique when applied to…

The equation of state of cold supra-nuclear-density matter, such as in neutron stars, is an open question in astrophysics. A promising method for constraining the neutron star equation of state is modelling pulse profiles of thermonuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-28 A. L. Stevens , J. D. Fiege , D. A. Leahy , S. M. Morsink