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@ARTICLE{Ruiter:581023,
author = {Ruiter, Iris de and Meyers, Zachary Samuel and Rowlinson,
Antonia and Shimwell, Timothy W. and Wijers, Ralph A. M. J.},
title = {{T}ransient study using {L}o{TSS} - framework development
and preliminaryresults},
journal = {Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
volume = {531},
number = {4},
issn = {0035-8711},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {PUBDB-2023-01522},
pages = {4805-4822},
year = {2024},
abstract = {We present a search for transient radio sources on
time-scales of seconds to hours at 144 MHz using the LOFAR
Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS). This search is conducted by
examining short time-scale images derived from the LoTSS
data. To allow imaging of LoTSS on short time-scales, a
modern imaging procedure and fast filtering strategy are
introduced. This includes sky model source subtraction, no
cleaning or primary beam correction, a simple source finder,
fast filtering schemes, and source catalogue matching. This
new strategy is first tested by injecting simulated
transients, with a range of flux densities and durations,
into the data. We find the limiting sensitivity to be 113
and 6 mJy for 8 s and 1 h transients, respectively. The new
imaging and filtering strategies are applied to 58 fields of
the LoTSS survey, corresponding to LoTSS-DR1 (2 per cent of
the survey). One transient source is identified in the 8 s
and 2 min snapshot images. The source shows 1 min duration
flare in the 8 h observation. Our method puts the most
sensitive constraints on/estimates of the transient surface
density at low frequencies at time-scales of seconds to
hours; <4.0 × 10$^{−4}$ deg$^{−2}$ at 1 h at a
sensitivity of 6.3 mJy; 5.7 × 10$^{−7}$ deg$^{−2}$ at
2 min at a sensitivity of 30 mJy; and 3.6 ×
10$^{−8}$ deg$^{−2}$ at 8 s at a sensitivity of 113
mJy. In the future, we plan to apply the strategies
presented in this paper to all LoTSS data.},
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:001253064300001},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stae1458},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/581023},
}