Neutron Stars and Gamma Ray Bursts with LOFAR
Joeri van Leeuwen, The LOFAR Transients Key Science Project
TL;DR
This paper discusses LOFAR, a new radio telescope, and its potential to detect transient astrophysical events like gamma-ray burst afterglows and neutron stars through all-sky surveys.
Contribution
It introduces LOFAR's capabilities for continuous, multi-timescale sky monitoring to discover transient phenomena.
Findings
LOFAR will detect many new transient radio sources.
All-sky surveys cover microsecond to year timescales.
Potential to observe GRB afterglows and neutron star bursts.
Abstract
LOFAR, the Low Frequency Array, is an innovative new radio telescope currently under construction in the Netherlands. With its continuous monitoring of the radio sky we expect LOFAR will detect many new transient events, including GRB afterglows and pulsating/single-burst neutron stars. We here describe all-sky surveys ranging from a time resolution of microseconds to a cadence span of years.
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