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PAFINDER – Searching for FRBs and pulsars using Phased Array Feeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2018

Mateusz Malenta
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Ewan Barr
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Aaron Chippendale
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility P.O. Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
Xinping Deng
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility P.O. Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
Daniel George
Affiliation:
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility P.O. Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia
Ramesh Karuppusamy
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Michael Keith
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Michael Kramer
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Laura Spitler
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Benjamin Stappers
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Gundolf Wieching
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hugel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

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The challenges of detecting and localising Fast Radio Bursts in real time can be met with the use of Phased Array Feeds. One such system, capable of creating up to 36 simultaneous beams, is currently being commissioned at the Effelsberg radio telescope in Germany following testing at the 64 m Parkes radio telescope. The PAFINDER (Phased Array Feed FRB Finder) pipeline will be used with this receiver to enable real–time single–pulse detection and localisation.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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