LOFT-e: Localisation Of Fast Transients with e-MERLIN

Thomas Scragg; Rene Breton; Benjamin Stappers; Jayanta Roy; Michael Keith; Charlie Walker

LOFT-e: Localisation Of Fast Transients with e-MERLIN

Thomas Scragg, Rene Breton, Benjamin Stappers, Jayanta Roy, Michael Keith, Charlie Walker

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Abstract

The majority of fast radio bursts (FRBs) are poorly localised, hindering their potential scientific yield as galactic, intergalactic, and cosmological probes. LOFT-e, a digital backend for the U.K.'s e-MERLIN seven-telescope interferometer will provide commensal search and real-time detection of FRBs, taking full advantage of its field of view (FoV), sensitivity, and observation time. Upon burst detection, LOFT-e will store raw data offline, enabling the sub-arcsecond localisation provided by e-MERLIN and expanding the pool of localised FRBs. The high-time resolution backend will additionally introduce pulsar observing capabilities to e-MERLIN.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IAU Symposium 337: Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years
Editors	Patrick Weltevrede, Benetge B. P. Perera, Lina Levin Preston, Sotiris Sanidas
Place of Publication	UK
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Volume	1
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	1743-9213
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2018
Event	Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years - Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Sept 2017 → 8 Sept 2017

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Conference	Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Period	4/09/17 → 8/09/17

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Scragg, T, Breton, R , Stappers, B, Roy, J, Keith, M & Walker, C 2018, LOFT-e: Localisation Of Fast Transients with e-MERLIN. in P Weltevrede, BBP Perera, L Levin Preston & S Sanidas (eds), Proceedings of IAU Symposium 337: Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years. 1 edn, vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, UK, Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years, United Kingdom, 4/09/17.

LOFT-e: Localisation Of Fast Transients with e-MERLIN. / Scragg, Thomas; Breton, Rene ; Stappers, Benjamin et al.
Proceedings of IAU Symposium 337: Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years. ed. / Patrick Weltevrede; Benetge B. P. Perera; Lina Levin Preston; Sotiris Sanidas. Vol. 1 1. ed. UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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