GBT19A-374

Drift Scan Survey for Pulsars, FRBs, Radio Transients, and Gas in Galaxies

Abstract

Our goal is to perform drift scans using the 342 MHz, 800 MHz, and L-Band receivers during GBT filler time and the 2019 summer maintenance time. One of three configurations will be assigned depending on receiver availability. These configurations will be similar to the drift scans performed in 2016 and 2018, with suitable time and frequency resolution for discovering pulsars and transient sources to large distances. Simultaneous spectral line observations will be taken whenever using the L-band receiver to search for galaxies via their $\lambda$ 21 cm HI emission. The observations will require minimal monitoring by the operator, once they have started. General oversight of the observations will be managed by the Green Bank Observatory team members. For the pulsar data, high time-resolution data will be copied from Green Bank directly to WVU, using the high-speed link, so as to not congest the available storage space at Green Bank. This data will be processed on a high performance cluster at WVU and students of the PSC program will inspect plots to identify candidate pulsars, FRBs, and other transient sources. Spectral line data will be copied to an external drive and be reduced at Green Bank using GBTIDL.

Investigators

Name	Institution
Amber Bonsall *	Green Bank Observatory
GBT Operator	Green Bank Observatory
Tapasi Ghosh	Green Bank Observatory
Nathaniel Garver-Daniels	West Virginia University
Andrew Seymour	Green Bank Observatory; National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center ; West Virginia University
Robert Minchin	National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Christopher Salter	National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
Sue Ann Heatherly	Green Bank Observatory
Ryan Lynch	Green Bank Observatory
Maura McLaughlin	West Virginia University
Natalia Lewandowska	New York at Oswego, State University of

* indicates the PI