High Time Resolution with LOFAR

Authors
Publication date 2018
Host editors
  • G. Heald
  • J. McKean
  • R. Pizzo
Book title Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory
Book subtitle Lectures from the Third LOFAR Data Processing School
ISBN
  • 9783319234335
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783319234342
Series Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Event 3rd LOFAR Data Processing School
Pages (from-to) 225-244
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract LOFAR achieves high time resolution (< 1 s samples) using its various beam-formed modes. These modes are vital for observations of pulsars, fast radio transients, the Sun, (exo)planets, flare stars and dynamic spectra of scintillating sources—to name a few examples. Here we describe the observing modes and tools available to process raw LOFAR beam-formed data, including the standard pulsar pipeline (‘PulP’; pulppy) and further analysis—with a focus on pulsar dedispersion, folding, RFI excision, polarimetry and searching. We also describe a general purpose dynamic spectrum toolkit.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23434-2_14
Other links http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ASSL..426..225H
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