The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project: System Overview

M. Amiri; K. Bandura; P. Berger; M. Bhardwaj; M. M. Boyce; P. J. Boyle; C. Brar; M. Burhanpurkar; P. Chawla; J. Chowdhury; J. F. Cliche; M. D. Cranmer; D. Cubranic; M. Deng; N. Denman; M. Dobbs; M. Fandino; E. Fonseca; B. M. Gaensler; U. Giri; A. J. Gilbert; D. C. Good; S. Guliani; M. Halpern; G. Hinshaw; C. Höfer; A. Josephy; V. M. Kaspi; T. L. Landecker; D. Lang; H. Liao; K. W. Masui; J. Mena-Parra; A. Naidu; L. B. Newburgh; C. Ng; C. Patel; U. L. Pen; T. Pinsonneault-Marotte; Z. Pleunis; M. Rafiei Ravandi; S. M. Ransom; A. Renard; P. Scholz; K. Sigurdson; S. R. Siegel; K. M. Smith; I. H. Stairs; S. P. Tendulkar; K. Vanderlinde; D. V. Wiebe

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aad188

The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project: System Overview

M. Amiri
, K. Bandura
, P. Berger
, M. Bhardwaj
, M. M. Boyce
, P. J. Boyle
, C. Brar
, M. Burhanpurkar
, P. Chawla
, J. Chowdhury
, J. F. Cliche
, M. D. Cranmer
, D. Cubranic
, M. Deng
, N. Denman
, M. Dobbs
, M. Fandino
, E. Fonseca
, B. M. Gaensler
, U. Giri

A. J. Gilbert, D. C. Good, S. Guliani, M. Halpern, G. Hinshaw, C. Höfer, A. Josephy, V. M. Kaspi, T. L. Landecker, D. Lang, H. Liao, K. W. Masui, J. Mena-Parra, A. Naidu, L. B. Newburgh, C. Ng, C. Patel, U. L. Pen, T. Pinsonneault-Marotte, Z. Pleunis, M. Rafiei Ravandi, S. M. Ransom, A. Renard, P. Scholz, K. Sigurdson, S. R. Siegel, K. M. Smith, I. H. Stairs, S. P. Tendulkar, K. Vanderlinde, D. V. Wiebe

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The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a novel transit radio telescope operating across the 400-800 MHz band. CHIME is composed of four 20 m×100 m semicylindrical paraboloid reflectors, each of which has 256 dual-polarization feeds suspended along its axis, giving it a 200 deg² field of view. This, combined with wide bandwidth, high sensitivity, and a powerful correlator, makes CHIME an excellent instrument for the detection of fast radio bursts (FRBs). The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project (CHIME/FRB) will search beam-formed, high time and frequency resolution data in real time for FRBs in the CHIME field of view. Here we describe the CHIME/FRB back end, including the real-time FRB search and detection software pipeline, as well as the planned offline analyses. We estimate a CHIME/FRB detection rate of 2-42 FRBs sky^-1 day^-1 normalizing to the rate estimated at 1.4 GHz by Vander Wiel et al. Likely science outcomes of CHIME/FRB are also discussed. CHIME/FRB is currently operational in a commissioning phase, with science operations expected to commence in the latter half of 2018.

Original language	English
Article number	48
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	863
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad188
State	Published - Aug 10 2018

Keywords

instrumentation: interferometers
methods: observational
radio continuum: general
techniques: interferometric
telescopes

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Amiri, M., Bandura, K., Berger, P., Bhardwaj, M., Boyce, M. M., Boyle, P. J., Brar, C., Burhanpurkar, M., Chawla, P., Chowdhury, J., Cliche, J. F., Cranmer, M. D., Cubranic, D., Deng, M., Denman, N., Dobbs, M., Fandino, M., Fonseca, E., Gaensler, B. M., ... Wiebe, D. V. (2018). The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project: System Overview. Astrophysical Journal, 863(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad188

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