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Initial Results from the ALFABURST Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

M. P. Surnis ,
G. Foster ,
G. Golpayegani ,
A. Karastergiou ,
D. Lorimer ,
J. Chennamangalam ,
K. Rajwade ,
M. McLaughlin ,
D. Agarwal  and
W. Armour
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M. P. Surnis
Affiliation:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. email: [email protected]
G. Foster
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
G. Golpayegani
Affiliation:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. email: [email protected]
A. Karastergiou
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
D. Lorimer
Affiliation:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. email: [email protected]
J. Chennamangalam
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
K. Rajwade
Affiliation:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. email: [email protected]
M. McLaughlin
Affiliation:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. email: [email protected]
D. Agarwal
Affiliation:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. email: [email protected]
W. Armour
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
D. Werthimer
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
J. Cobb
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
A. Siemion
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
D. MacMahon
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
D. Gorthi
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Pei Xin
Affiliation:
Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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Abstract

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Here, we present initial results from the ALFABURST radio transient survey, which is currently running in a commensal mode with the ALFA receiver at the Arecibo telescope. We observed for a total of 1400 hours and have detected single pulses from known pulsars but did not detect any FRBs. The non-detection of FRBs is consistent with the current FRB sky rates.

Keywords

surveys(stars:) pulsars: generalmethods: data analysis
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 13 , Symposium S337: Pulsar Astrophysics the Next Fifty Years , September 2017 , pp. 414 - 415
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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