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[submitted] SeeKAT localiser for transients detected in tied-array beams

Multi-element interferometers such as MeerKAT, which observe with high time resolution and have a wide field-of-view, provide an ideal opportunity to perform real-time, untargeted transient and pulsar searches. However, because of data storage limitations, it is not always feasible to store the baseband data required to image the field of a discovered transient or pulsar. This limits the ability of surveys to effectively localise their discoveries and may restrict opportunities for follow-up science, especially of one-off events like some Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). SeeKAT is a Python implementation of a novel maximum-likelihood estimation approach to localising transients and pulsars detected in multiple MeerKAT tied-array beams at once to (sub-)arcsecond precision.

Code site:
https://bezuidenhoutmc.github.io/SeeKAT/
Preferred citation method:

2023arXiv230209812B


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