A Southern Sky Survey with Fermi LAT and ASKAP

Conference · Thu Apr 29 04:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:979035

Cameron, Robert A

We present the prospects for a future joint gamma-ray and radio survey of southern hemisphere sources using the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the upcoming Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope. ASKAP is a next generation radio telescope designed to perform surveys at GHz frequencies at a much higher survey speed than previous radio telescopes, and is scheduled to start engineering observations in 2011. The survey capabilities of both Fermi LAT and ASKAP are described, and the planned science surveys for ASKAP are summarized. We give some expected details of the Variable and Slow Transient (VAST) survey using ASKAP, which will search for transients on timescales from 5 seconds to years. Some observational properties of faint and transient sources seen at gamma-ray and radio wavelengths are summarized, and prospects and strategies for using ASKAP survey data for LAT source counterpart identification are summarized.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 979035
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-14011; arXiv:1003.1436
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
Astrophysics
ASTRO
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
DETECTION
GHZ RANGE
RADIO TELESCOPES
SKY
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
TELESCOPES