2018ApJ...863...48C

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2018ApJ...863...48C - Astrophys. J., 863, 48-48 (2018/August-2)

The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project: system overview.

CHIME/FRB COLLABORATION, AMIRI M., BANDURA K., BERGER P., BHARDWAJ M., BOYCE M.M., BOYLE P.J., BRAR C., BURHANPURKAR M., CHAWLA P., CHOWDHURY J., CLICHE J.-F., CRANMER M.D., CUBRANIC D., DENG M., DENMAN N., DOBBS M., FANDINO M., FONSECA E., GAENSLER B.M., GIRI U., GILBERT A.J., GOOD D.C., GULIANI S., HALPERN M., HINSHAW G., HOFER C., JOSEPHY A., KASPI V.M., LANDECKER T.L., LANG D., LIAO H., MASUI K.W., MENA-PARRA J., NAIDU A., NEWBURGH L.B., NG C., PATEL C., PEN U.-L., PINSONNEAULT-MAROTTE T., PLEUNIS Z., RAFIEI RAVANDI M., RANSOM S.M., RENARD A., SCHOLZ P., SIGURDSON K., SIEGEL S.R., SMITH K.M., STAIRS I.H., TENDULKAR S.P., VANDERLINDE K. and WIEBE D.V.

Abstract (from CDS):

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a novel transit radio telescope operating across the 400-800 MHz band. CHIME is composed of four 20 m x 100 m semicylindrical paraboloid reflectors, each of which has 256 dual-polarization feeds suspended along its axis, giving it a >=200 deg2 field of view. This, combined with wide bandwidth, high sensitivity, and a powerful correlator, makes CHIME an excellent instrument for the detection of fast radio bursts (FRBs). The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project (CHIME/FRB) will search beam-formed, high time and frequency resolution data in real time for FRBs in the CHIME field of view. Here we describe the CHIME/FRB back end, including the real-time FRB search and detection software pipeline, as well as the planned offline analyses. We estimate a CHIME/FRB detection rate of 2-42 FRBs sky–1 day–1 normalizing to the rate estimated at 1.4 GHz by Vander Wiel et al. Likely science outcomes of CHIME/FRB are also discussed. CHIME/FRB is currently operational in a commissioning phase, with science operations expected to commence in the latter half of 2018.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): instrumentation: interferometers - methods: observational - radio continuum: general - techniques: interferometric - telescopes

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 PSR B0329+54 Psr 03 32 59.3370698592 +54 34 45.028206408           ~ 645 1
2 FRB 20181119D rB 05 31 58.6980 +33 08 52.588           ~ 722 0
3 V* CM Tau Psr 05 34 31.9474694616 +22 00 52.153698024           ~ 5267 0
4 NAME Cyg A Sy2 19 59 28.35656837 +40 44 02.0972325   16.22 15.10     ~ 2375 2
5 FRB 140514 rB 22 34 06.20 -12 18 46.5           ~ 79 0
6 FRB 110220 rB 22 34 38.0 -12 33 44           ~ 80 0
7 3C 461 BL? 23 23 24.000 +58 48 54.00     14.30     ~ 2796 1

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