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Proposal Identification No.:

A2854 Arecibo Observatory

Date Received: 2013-Sep-03 22:35:32 William E. Gordon Telescope Observing Time Request COVER SHEET

Section I - General Information
Submitted for Sep 1 2013. This proposal has not been submitted before. Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Time Requested this semester: Hours Next Semester: Hours already used for this pro ject: Additional Hours required to complete pro ject: Minimum Useful Time: Expected Data Storage: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Regular Astronomy 0 0 0 0 over 500 GB

ALFABURST: Commensal searches for FRBs with ALFA

Recent discoveries of Fast Radio Bursts at Parkes have confirmed an exciting new class of radio sources with extraordinary potential as cosmological probes. To make further breakthroughs in this area, by finding counterparts at other wavelengths, it is necessary to detect the sources as rapidly as possible. We plan to install a real-time radio burst detection system (ALFABURST) on the Arecibo telescope. The system is designed to function commensaly with observations with the Arecibo L-band Feed Array and makes use of the imminent arrival of the new SETI spectrometer currently under development at UC Berkeley, as well as an established transient detection pipeline on the Low Frequency Array. Based on recent estimates of burst rates over the sky, we expect to detect roughly one burst every 48 hours. Outreach Abstract: Extragalactic Radio Bursts are signatures of explosive one-time events which capture the public's imagination. Currently, there are more theories proposed than bursts known! This proposal aims to unravel the mysteries of this illusive population by finding more ob jects and to release the properties of the detected bursts as soon as possible after a detection is made. We anticipate a lot of media interest in this story, as the detections continue to be made. A novel feature of this pro ject is its ability to detect bursts rapidly, allowing astronomers to train a variety of telescopes at the burst location to uncover their origins.

Name Duncan R Lorimer Dan Werthimer

Institution West Virginia University UCB

E-mail duncan.lorimer@mail.wvu.edu danw@ssl.berkeley.edu

Phone

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Additional Authors
Aris, Karastergiou, aris.karastergiou@gmail.com Wes Armour, wes.armour@oerc.ox.ac.uk Andrew Siemion, siemion@berkeley.edu Maura McLaughlin, mclaughlin.maura@gmail.com

This work is part of a PhD thesis.

Remote Observing Request

Observer will travel to AO X Remote Observing In Absentia (instructions to operator)

Section I I - Time Request
The following times are in LST. For these observations night-time is not needed.

Begin ­ End Interval­Interval 0 ­ ­ ­ ­ 24

Days Needed at This Interval 1

Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text)

Section I I I - Instruments Needed
ALFA Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Description of Observer Equipment: SERENDIP6 Sp ecial Equipment or setup: none

Section IV - RFI Considerations
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Frequency Ranges Planned
1225-1525

Section V - Observing List Target List

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