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@ARTICLE{Fijma:572866,
author = {Fijma, S. and Rowlinson, A. and Wijers, R. and de Ruiter,
I. and de Blok, W. and Chastain, S. and van der Horst, A. J.
and Meyers, Zachary Samuel and van der Meulen, K. and
Fender, R. and Woudt, P. A.},
title = {{A} new method for short duration transient detection in
radio images: {S}earching for transient sources in
{M}eer{KAT} observations of {NGC} 5068},
journal = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
volume = {528},
number = {4},
issn = {0035-8711},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {PUBDB-2023-00772},
pages = {6985-6996},
year = {2024},
abstract = {Transient surveys are a vital tool in exploring the dynamic
Universe, with radio transients acting as beacons for
explosive and highly energetic astrophysical phenomena.
However, performing commensal transient surveys using radio
imaging can require a significant amount of computing power,
data storage, and time. With the instrumentation available
to us, and with new and exciting radio interferometers in
development, it is essential that we develop efficient
methods to probe the radio transient sky. In this paper, we
present results from a commensal short-duration transient
survey, on time-scales of 8 s, 128 s, and 1 h, using data
from the MeerKAT radio telescope. The data set used was
obtained as part of a galaxy observing campaign, and we
focus on the field of NGC 5068. We present a quick,
wide-field imaging strategy to enable fast imaging of large
data sets, and develop methods to efficiently filter
detected transient candidates. No transient candidates were
identified on the time-scales of 8 s, 128 s, and 1 h,
leading to competitive limits on the transient surface
densities of , , and deg−1 at sensitivities of 56.4,
19.2, and 3.9 mJy following primary beam correction for the
respective time-scales. We find one possible candidate that
could be associated with a stellar flare, which was rejected
due to strict image quality control. Further short
time-scale radio observations of this candidate could give
definite results about its origin.},
cin = {Z-RAD},
ddc = {520},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)Z-RAD-20210408},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)RNO-G-20230101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001184933600004},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stae382},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/572866},
}