LIGO/Virgo G298048: Results of the ASKAP search for fast radio bursts
Abstract
We observed the 90% containment region of the Bayestar map (Singer et al. LVC GCN 21513) with 7 antennas of the The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). We recorded fast autocorrelation data with 336 x 1 MHz channels and a time sampling of 1.26 ms centered at 1320 MHz (see [1] for observing details). We used flys-eye observing mode, with some parts of the field covered by 2 antennas and some by 1 antenna. We had 3 observing runs with start times (UTC) and durations as shown below: 2017-08-18 04:05 3.6 hrs 2017-08-18 08:57 4.1 hrs 2017-08-19 02:08 11.0 hrs We searched out to a dispersion measure of 2000 pc/cm3 and width boxcar widths from 1 to 32 samples. We found no fast radio bursts above a threshold of approximately 40 Jy/sqrt(ms). We thank the CSIRO staff for supporting these observations. [1] Bannister et al. 2017, ApJL, 841, 12 -- Keith Bannister
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- August 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017GCN.21671....1B