High Time Resolution with LOFAR
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| Publication date | 2018 |
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| Book title | Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the LOFAR Observatory |
| Book subtitle | Lectures from the Third LOFAR Data Processing School |
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| Series | Astrophysics and Space Science Library |
| Event | 3rd LOFAR Data Processing School |
| Pages (from-to) | 225-244 |
| Publisher | Cham: Springer |
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| 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 |
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23434-2_14
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