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dc.contributor.authorCoenen, T.
dc.contributor.authorVan Leeuwen, J.
dc.contributor.authorHessels, J.
dc.contributor.authorStappers, B.
dc.contributor.authorKondratiev, V.
dc.contributor.authorAlexov, A.
dc.contributor.authorBreton, R.
dc.contributor.authorBilous, A.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, S.
dc.contributor.authorFalcke, H.
dc.contributor.authorFallows, R.
dc.contributor.authorGajjar, V.
dc.contributor.authorGrießmeier, J.
dc.contributor.authorHassall, T.
dc.contributor.authorKarastergiou, A.
dc.contributor.authorKeane, E.
dc.contributor.authorKramer, M.
dc.contributor.authorKuniyoshi, M.
dc.contributor.authorNoutsos, A.
dc.contributor.authorOslowski, S.
dc.contributor.authorPilia, M.
dc.contributor.authorSerylak, M.
dc.contributor.authorSchrijvers, C.
dc.contributor.authorSobey, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorTer Veen, S.
dc.contributor.authorVerbiest, J.
dc.contributor.authorWeltevrede, P.
dc.contributor.authorWijnholds, S.
dc.contributor.authorZagkouris, K.
dc.contributor.authorVan Amesfoort, A.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, J.
dc.contributor.authorAsgekar, A.
dc.contributor.authorAvruch, I.
dc.contributor.authorBell, M.
dc.contributor.authorBentum, M.
dc.contributor.authorBernardi, G.
dc.contributor.authorBest, P.
dc.contributor.authorBonafede, A.
dc.contributor.authorBreitling, F.
dc.contributor.authorBroderick, J.
dc.contributor.authorBrüggen, M.
dc.contributor.authorButcher, H.
dc.contributor.authorCiardi, B.
dc.contributor.authorCorstanje, A.
dc.contributor.authorDeller, A.
dc.contributor.authorDuscha, S.
dc.contributor.authorEislöffel, J.
dc.contributor.authorFender, R.
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, C.
dc.contributor.authorFrieswijk, W.
dc.contributor.authorGarrett, M.
dc.contributor.authorDe Gasperin, F.
dc.contributor.authorDe Geus, E.
dc.contributor.authorGunst, A.
dc.contributor.authorHamaker, J.
dc.contributor.authorHeald, G.
dc.contributor.authorHoeft, M.
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Horst, A.
dc.contributor.authorJuette, E.
dc.contributor.authorKuper, G.
dc.contributor.authorLaw, C.
dc.contributor.authorMann, G.
dc.contributor.authorMcFadden, R.
dc.contributor.authorMcKay-Bukowski, D.
dc.contributor.authorMcKean, J.
dc.contributor.authorMunk, H.
dc.contributor.authorOrru, E.
dc.contributor.authorPaas, H.
dc.contributor.authorPandey-Pommier, M.
dc.contributor.authorPolatidis, A.
dc.contributor.authorReich, W.
dc.contributor.authorRenting, A.
dc.contributor.authorRöttgering, H.
dc.contributor.authorRowlinson, A.
dc.contributor.authorScaife, A.
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, D.
dc.contributor.authorSluman, J.
dc.contributor.authorSmirnov, O.
dc.contributor.authorSwinbank, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-28T13:58:11Z
dc.date.available2017-04-28T13:58:11Z
dc.date.created2017-04-28T09:06:13Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationCoenen, T. and Van Leeuwen, J. and Hessels, J. and Stappers, B. and Kondratiev, V. and Alexov, A. and Breton, R. et al. 2014. The LOFAR pilot surveys for pulsars and fast radio transients. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 570.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52279
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201424495
dc.description.abstract

© 2014 ESO .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 survey, the LOFAR Pilot Pulsar Survey (LPPS), observed a large fraction of the northern sky, ~ 1.4 × 104 deg2, with 1 h dwell times. Each observation covered ~75 deg2 using 7 independent fields formed by incoherently summing the high-band antenna fields. The second pilot survey, the LOFAR Tied-Array Survey (LOTAS), spanned ~600 deg2, with roughly a 5-fold increase in sensitivity compared with LPPS. Using a coherent sum of the 6 LOFAR "Superterp" stations, we formed 19 tied-array beams, together covering 4 deg2 per pointing. From LPPS we derive a limit on the occurrence, at 142 MHz, of dispersed radio bursts of < 150 day-1 sky-1, for bursts brighter than S> 107 Jy for the narrowest searched burst duration of 0.66 ms. In LPPS, we re-detected 65 previously known pulsars. LOTAS discovered two pulsars, the first with LOFAR or any digital aperture array. LOTAS also re-detected 27 previously known pulsars. These pilot studies show that LOFAR can efficiently carry out all-sky surveys for pulsars and fast transients, and they set the stage for further surveying efforts using LOFAR and the planned low-frequency component of the Square Kilometer Array.

dc.publisherEDP Sciences
dc.titleThe LOFAR pilot surveys for pulsars and fast radio transients
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume570
dcterms.source.issn0004-6361
dcterms.source.titleAstronomy and Astrophysics
curtin.departmentCurtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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