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    Searches for radio transients

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    Authors
    Bhat, Ramesh
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Bhat, R. 2011. Searches for radio transients. Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India. 39 (3): pp. 353-373.
    Source Title
    Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
    ISSN
    0304-9523
    School
    Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55289
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    Abstract

    Exploration of the transient Universe is an exciting and fast-emerging area within radio astronomy. Known transient phenomena range in time scales from subnanoseconds to years or longer, thus spanning a huge range in time domain and hinting a rich diversity in their underlying physical processes. Transient phenomena are likely locations of explosive or dynamic events and they offer tremendous potential to uncover new physics and astrophysics. A number of upcoming next-generation radio facilities and recent advances in computing and instrumentation have provided a much needed impetus for this field which has remained a relatively uncharted territory for the past several decades. In this paper we focus mainly on the class of phenomena that occur on very short time scales (i.e. from ~milliseconds to ~nanoseconds), known as fast transients, the detections of which involve considerable signal processing and data management challenges, given the high time and frequency resolutions required in their explorations, the role of propagation effects to be considered and a multitude of deleterious effects due to radio frequency interference. We will describe the techniques, strategies and challenges involved in their detections and review the world-wide efforts currently under way, both through scientific discoveries enabled by the ongoing large-scale surveys at Parkes and Arecibo, as well as technical developments involving the exploratory use of multi-element array instruments such as VLBA and GMRT. Such developments will undoubtedly provide valuable inputs as next-generation arrays such as LOFAR and ASKAP are designed and commissioned. With their wider fields of view and higher sensitivities, these instruments, and eventually the SKA, hold great potential to revolutionise this relatively nascent field, thereby opening up exciting new science avenues in astrophysics.

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