A pilot ASKAP survey of radio transient events in the region around the intermittent pulsar PSR J1107-5907

G. Hobbs; I. Heywood; M.E. Bell; M. Kerr; A. Rowlinson; S. Johnston; R.M. Shannon; M.A. Voronkov; C. Ward; J. Banyer; P.J. Hancock; T. Murphy; J.R. Allison; S.W. Amy; L. Ball; K. Bannister; D.C.J. Bock; D. Brodrick; M. Brothers; A.J. Brown; J.D. Bunton; J. Chapman; A.P. Chippendale; Y. Chung; D. Deboer; P. Diamond; P.G. Edwards; R. Ekers; R.H. Ferris; R. Forsyth; R. Gough; A. Grancea; N. Gupta; L. Harvey-Smith; S. Hay; D.B. Hayman; A.W. Hotan; S. Hoyle; B. Humphreys; B. Indermuehle; C.E. Jacka; C.A. Jackson; S. Jackson; K. Jeganathan; J. Joseph; R. Kendall; D. Kiraly; B. Koribalski; M. Leach; E. Lenc; A. Macleod; S. Mader; M. Marquarding; J. Marvil; N. Mcclure-Griffiths; D. Mcconnell; P. Mirtschin; S. Neuhold; A. Ng; R.P. Norris; J. O'Sullivan; S. Pearce; C.J. Phillips; Attila Popping; R.Y. Qiao; J.E. Reynolds; P. Roberts; R.J. Sault; A.E.T. Schinckel; P. Serra; R. Shaw; T.W. Shimwell; M. Storey; A.W. Sweetnam; A. Tzioumis; Tobias Westmeier; M. Whiting; C.D. Wilson

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A pilot ASKAP survey of radio transient events in the region around the intermittent pulsar PSR J1107-5907

G. Hobbs, I. Heywood, M.E. Bell, M. Kerr, A. Rowlinson, S. Johnston, R.M. Shannon, M.A. Voronkov, C. Ward, J. Banyer, P.J. Hancock, T. Murphy, J.R. Allison, S.W. Amy, L. Ball, K. Bannister, D.C.J. Bock, D. Brodrick, M. Brothers, A.J. BrownJ.D. Bunton, J. Chapman, A.P. Chippendale, Y. Chung, D. Deboer, P. Diamond, P.G. Edwards, R. Ekers, R.H. Ferris, R. Forsyth, R. Gough, A. Grancea, N. Gupta, L. Harvey-Smith, S. Hay, D.B. Hayman, A.W. Hotan, S. Hoyle, B. Humphreys, B. Indermuehle, C.E. Jacka, C.A. Jackson, S. Jackson, K. Jeganathan, J. Joseph, R. Kendall, D. Kiraly, B. Koribalski, M. Leach, E. Lenc, A. Macleod, S. Mader, M. Marquarding, J. Marvil, N. Mcclure-Griffiths, D. Mcconnell, P. Mirtschin, S. Neuhold, A. Ng, R.P. Norris, J. O'Sullivan, S. Pearce, C.J. Phillips, Attila Popping, R.Y. Qiao, J.E. Reynolds, P. Roberts, R.J. Sault, A.E.T. Schinckel, P. Serra, R. Shaw, T.W. Shimwell, M. Storey, A.W. Sweetnam, A. Tzioumis, Tobias Westmeier, M. Whiting, C.D. Wilson

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© 2016 The Authors. We use observations from the Boolardy Engineering Test Array (BETA) of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope to search for transient radio sources in the field around the intermittent pulsar PSR J1107-5907. The pulsar is thought to switch between an 'off' state in which no emission is detectable, a weak state and a strong state. We ran three independent transient detection pipelines on two-minute snapshot images from a 13 h BETA observation in order to (1) study the emission from the pulsar, (2) search for other transient emission from elsewhere in the image and (3) to compare the results from the different transient detection pipelines. The pulsar was easily detected as a transient source and, over the course of the observations, it switched into the strong state three times giving a typical time-scale between the strong emission states of 3.7 h. After the first switch it remained in the strong state for almost 40 min. The other strong states lasted less than 4 min. The second state change was confirmed using observations with the Parkes radio telescope. No other transient events were found and we place constraints on the surface density of such events on these time-scales. The high sensitivity Parkes observations enabled us to detect individual bright pulses during the weak state and to study the strong state over a wide observing band. We conclude by showing that future transient surveys with ASKAP will have the potential to probe the intermittent pulsar population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3948-3960
Number of pages	13
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	456
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2893
Publication status	Published - 9 Jan 2016

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Hobbs, G., Heywood, I., Bell, M. E., Kerr, M., Rowlinson, A., Johnston, S., Shannon, R. M., Voronkov, M. A., Ward, C., Banyer, J., Hancock, P. J., Murphy, T., Allison, J. R., Amy, S. W., Ball, L., Bannister, K., Bock, D. C. J., Brodrick, D., Brothers, M., ... Wilson, C. D. (2016). A pilot ASKAP survey of radio transient events in the region around the intermittent pulsar PSR J1107-5907. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(4), 3948-3960. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2893

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AU - Rowlinson, A.

AU - Johnston, S.

AU - Shannon, R.M.

AU - Voronkov, M.A.

AU - Ward, C.

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AU - Murphy, T.

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AU - Ferris, R.H.

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AU - Pearce, S.

AU - Phillips, C.J.

AU - Popping, Attila

AU - Qiao, R.Y.

AU - Reynolds, J.E.

AU - Roberts, P.

AU - Sault, R.J.

AU - Schinckel, A.E.T.

AU - Serra, P.

AU - Shaw, R.

AU - Shimwell, T.W.

AU - Storey, M.

AU - Sweetnam, A.W.

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A pilot ASKAP survey of radio transient events in the region around the intermittent pulsar PSR J1107-5907

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