Document detail
ID
oai:arXiv.org:2412.02832
Topic
Astrophysics - High Energy Astroph... Astrophysics - Instrumentation and...Author
Chastain, S. I. van der Horst, A. J. Horesh, A. Rowlinson, A. Andersson, A. Diretse, R. Vaccari, M. Fender, R. P. Woudt, P. A.Category
sciences: astrophysics
Year
2024
listing date
12/11/2024
Keywords
variability sources astrophysics source commensal transientAbstract
The sensitivity and field of view of the MeerKAT radio telescope provides excellent opportunities for commensal transient searches.
We carry out a commensal transient search in supernova and short gamma-ray burst fields using methodologies established in Chastain et al. (2023).
We search for transients in MeerKAT L-band images with 30 minute integration times, finding 13 variable sources.
We compare these sources to the VLASS and RACS survey data, and examine possible explanation for the variability.
We find that 12 of these sources are consistent with variability due to interstellar scintillation.
The remaining source could possibly have some intrinsic variability.
We also split the MeerKAT L-band into an upper and lower half, and search for transients in images with an 8 second integration time.
We find a source with a duration of 8 to 16 seconds that is highly polarized at the lowest frequencies.
We conclude that this source may be consistent with a stellar flare.
Finally, we calculate accurate upper and lower limits on the transient rate using transient simulations.
;Comment: submitted to ApJ
Chastain, S. I.,van der Horst, A. J.,Horesh, A.,Rowlinson, A.,Andersson, A.,Diretse, R.,Vaccari, M.,Fender, R. P.,Woudt, P. A., 2024, Commensal Transient Searches with MeerKAT in Gamma-Ray Burst and Supernova Fields
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