LOFAR MSSS: detection of a low-frequency radio transient in 400 h of monitoring of the North Celestial Pole

We present the results of a four-month campaign searching for low-frequency radio transients near the North Celestial Pole with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), as part of the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS). The data were recorded between 2011 December and 2012 April and comprised 2149 11...

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Main Authors: Stewart, A, Fender, R, Broderick, J, Hassall, T, Muñoz-Darias, T, Rowlinson, A, Swinbank, J, Staley, T, Molenaar, G, Scheers, B, Grobler, T, Pietka, M, Heald, G, McKean, J, Bell, M, Bonafede, A, Breton, R, Carbone, D, Cendes, Y, Clarke, A, Corbel, S, de Gasperin, F, Eislöffel, J, Falcke, H, Ferrari, C, Grießmeier, J, Hardcastle, M, Heesen, V, Hessels, J, Horneffer, A, Iacobelli, M, Jonker, P, Karastergiou, A, Kokotanekov, G, Kondratiev, V, Kuniyoshi, M, Law, C, van Leeuwen, J, Markoff, S, Miller-Jones, J, Mulcahy, D, Orru, E, Pandey-Pommier, M, Pratley, L, Rol, E, Röttgering, H, Scaife, A, Shulevski, A, Sobey, C, Stappers, B, Tasse, C, van der Horst, A, van Velzen, S, van Weeren, R, Wijers, R, Wijnands, R, Wise, M, Zarka, P, Alexov, A, Anderson, J, Asgekar, A, Avruch, I, Bentum, M, Bernardi, G, Best, P, Breitling, F, Brüggen, M, Butcher, H, Ciardi, B, Conway, J, Corstanje, A, de Geus, E, Deller, A, Duscha, S, Frieswijk, W, Garrett, M, Gunst, A, Haarlem, v, Hoeft, M, Hörandel, J, Juette, E, Kuper, G, Loose, M, Maat, P, McFadden, R, McKay-Bukowski, D, Moldon, J, Munk, H, Norden, M, Paas, H, Polatidis, A, Schwarz, D, Sluman, J, Smirnov, O, Steinmetz, M, Thoudam, S, Toribio, M, Vermeulen, R, Vocks, C, Wijnholds, S, Wucknitz, O, Yatawatta, S
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016