%0 Conference Paper
%A Spitler, Laura
%A Kirsten, Franz
%A Nelles, Anna
%A Wang, Pei
%A Savaglio, Sandra
%T The most important questions in pulsar- and fast transient research (and limitations through RFI)
%C Zeuthen
%M PUBDB-2024-07836
%P 4
%D 2024
%X Coherent emission from the magnetospheres of compact objects, such as radio pulsarsand likely fast radio burst and long period transients, varies on short (”fast”) time scales. Ob-servations of these sources occur primarily between 100 MHz and 10 GHz. Furthermore, particleshowers from cosmic rays impacting Earth’s atmosphere generate radio pulses on nanosecond-scales, which are detectable below 1 GHz. Radio frequency interference negatively impacts thescience of fast transients. It can overwhelm the desired astrophysical signal, leaving the latter un-detected, and introduce orders of magnitude more false positives than true positives. But mostimportantly, developing RFI mitigation techniques diverts person-hours away from scientificinvestigations of these interesting events. 
%B Astronomy in Focus, Focus Meeting 5 XXXIInd IAU General Assembly
%C 6 Aug 2024 - 12 Aug 2024, Cape Town (South Africa)
Y2 6 Aug 2024 - 12 Aug 2024
M2 Cape Town, South Africa
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)8
%9 Contribution to a conference proceedings
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/619697