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Title:
Early Results from a Transient Survey with LOFAR-CS1
Authors:
Law, C.
Publication:
Proceedings of "Bursts, Pulses and Flickering: wide-field monitoring of the dynamic radio sky". 12-15 June 2007, Kerastari, Tripolis, Greece., p.33
Publication Date:
00/2007
Origin:
POS
Bibliographic Code:
2007wmdr.confE..33L

Abstract

The Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) promises to revolutionize the study of transient radio phenomena. The first prototype station of LOFAR, Core Station 1 (CS1), is being commissioned in the northeast of the Netherlands. As a part of this commissioning, we have conducted a search for radio transients in the area of Cygnus A. This paper describes some of the physical processes expected to create low-frequency radio transients and the methods we will employ in the search for them. No clear celestial events were detected, so we give an upper limit to the rate of bright transient events near 60 MHz and describe what a similar survey may find in one year's time.
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