CHIME/FRB Outriggers: Design Overview
Fuente:
arXiv
Guardado en:
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Preprint |
| Publicado: |
2025
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| _version_ | 1866908305270505472 |
|---|---|
| author | FRB Collaboration Amiri, Mandana Andersen, Bridget C. Andrew, Shion Bandura, Kevin Bhardwaj, Mohit Bhopi, Kalyani Bidula, Vadym Boyle, P. J. Brar, Charanjot Carlson, Mark Cassanelli, Tomas Cassity, Alyssa Chatterjee, Shami Cliche, Jean-François Curtin, Alice P. Darlinger, Rachel DeBoer, David R. Dobbs, Matt Dong, Fengqiu Adam Eadie, Gwendolyn Fonseca, Emmanuel Gaensler, B. M. Gusinskaia, Nina Halpern, Mark Hendricksen, Ian Hessels, Jason Joseph, Ronniy C. Kaczmarek, Jane Kaspi, Victoria M. Khairy, Kholoud Landecker, T. L. Lanman, Adam E. Lau, Albert Wai Kit Lazda, Mattias Leung, Calvin Main, Robert A. Masui, Kiyoshi W. Mckinven, Ryan Mena-Parra, Juan Meyers, Bradley W. Michilli, Daniele Milutinovic, Nikola Nimmo, Kenzie Noble, Gavin Pandhi, Ayush Pearlman, Aaron B. Peterson, Jeffrey B. Petroff, Emily Pleunis, Ziggy Pollak, Alexander W. Rafiei-Ravandi, Masoud Renard, Andre Sammons, Mawson W. Sand, Ketan R. Sanghavi, Pranav Scholz, Paul Shah, Vishwangi Shin, Kaitlyn Siegel, Seth R. Siemion, Andrew Sievers, Jonathan L. Smith, Kendrick Spear, David Stairs, Ingrid Vanderlinde, Keith Wang, Haochen Willis, Jacob P. Zegmott, Tarik J. |
| author_facet | FRB Collaboration Amiri, Mandana Andersen, Bridget C. Andrew, Shion Bandura, Kevin Bhardwaj, Mohit Bhopi, Kalyani Bidula, Vadym Boyle, P. J. Brar, Charanjot Carlson, Mark Cassanelli, Tomas Cassity, Alyssa Chatterjee, Shami Cliche, Jean-François Curtin, Alice P. Darlinger, Rachel DeBoer, David R. Dobbs, Matt Dong, Fengqiu Adam Eadie, Gwendolyn Fonseca, Emmanuel Gaensler, B. M. Gusinskaia, Nina Halpern, Mark Hendricksen, Ian Hessels, Jason Joseph, Ronniy C. Kaczmarek, Jane Kaspi, Victoria M. Khairy, Kholoud Landecker, T. L. Lanman, Adam E. Lau, Albert Wai Kit Lazda, Mattias Leung, Calvin Main, Robert A. Masui, Kiyoshi W. Mckinven, Ryan Mena-Parra, Juan Meyers, Bradley W. Michilli, Daniele Milutinovic, Nikola Nimmo, Kenzie Noble, Gavin Pandhi, Ayush Pearlman, Aaron B. Peterson, Jeffrey B. Petroff, Emily Pleunis, Ziggy Pollak, Alexander W. Rafiei-Ravandi, Masoud Renard, Andre Sammons, Mawson W. Sand, Ketan R. Sanghavi, Pranav Scholz, Paul Shah, Vishwangi Shin, Kaitlyn Siegel, Seth R. Siemion, Andrew Sievers, Jonathan L. Smith, Kendrick Spear, David Stairs, Ingrid Vanderlinde, Keith Wang, Haochen Willis, Jacob P. Zegmott, Tarik J. |
| contents | The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has emerged as the world's premier facility for studying fast radio bursts (FRBs) through its fast transient search backend CHIME/FRB\@. The CHIME/FRB Outriggers project will augment this high detection rate of 2--3 FRBs per day with the ability to precisely localize them using very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). Using three strategically located stations in North America and deploying recently developed synoptic VLBI observing techniques, the Outriggers will provide $\sim 50$~milliarcsecond localization precision for the majority of detected FRBs. This paper presents an overview of the design and implementation of the Outriggers, covering their geographic distribution, structural design, and observational capabilities. We detail the scientific objectives driving the project, including the characterization of FRB populations, host galaxy demographics, and the use of FRBs as cosmological probes. We also discuss the calibration strategies available to mitigate ionospheric and instrumental effects, ensuring high-precision localization. With two stations currently in science operations, and the third in commissioning, the CHIME/FRB Outriggers project is poised to become a cornerstone of the FRB field, offering unprecedented insights into this enigmatic cosmic phenomenon. |
| format | Preprint |
| id |
arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2504_05192 |
| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| record_format | arxiv |
| spellingShingle | CHIME/FRB Outriggers: Design Overview FRB Collaboration Amiri, Mandana Andersen, Bridget C. Andrew, Shion Bandura, Kevin Bhardwaj, Mohit Bhopi, Kalyani Bidula, Vadym Boyle, P. J. Brar, Charanjot Carlson, Mark Cassanelli, Tomas Cassity, Alyssa Chatterjee, Shami Cliche, Jean-François Curtin, Alice P. Darlinger, Rachel DeBoer, David R. Dobbs, Matt Dong, Fengqiu Adam Eadie, Gwendolyn Fonseca, Emmanuel Gaensler, B. M. Gusinskaia, Nina Halpern, Mark Hendricksen, Ian Hessels, Jason Joseph, Ronniy C. Kaczmarek, Jane Kaspi, Victoria M. Khairy, Kholoud Landecker, T. L. Lanman, Adam E. Lau, Albert Wai Kit Lazda, Mattias Leung, Calvin Main, Robert A. Masui, Kiyoshi W. Mckinven, Ryan Mena-Parra, Juan Meyers, Bradley W. Michilli, Daniele Milutinovic, Nikola Nimmo, Kenzie Noble, Gavin Pandhi, Ayush Pearlman, Aaron B. Peterson, Jeffrey B. Petroff, Emily Pleunis, Ziggy Pollak, Alexander W. Rafiei-Ravandi, Masoud Renard, Andre Sammons, Mawson W. Sand, Ketan R. Sanghavi, Pranav Scholz, Paul Shah, Vishwangi Shin, Kaitlyn Siegel, Seth R. Siemion, Andrew Sievers, Jonathan L. Smith, Kendrick Spear, David Stairs, Ingrid Vanderlinde, Keith Wang, Haochen Willis, Jacob P. Zegmott, Tarik J. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has emerged as the world's premier facility for studying fast radio bursts (FRBs) through its fast transient search backend CHIME/FRB\@. The CHIME/FRB Outriggers project will augment this high detection rate of 2--3 FRBs per day with the ability to precisely localize them using very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). Using three strategically located stations in North America and deploying recently developed synoptic VLBI observing techniques, the Outriggers will provide $\sim 50$~milliarcsecond localization precision for the majority of detected FRBs. This paper presents an overview of the design and implementation of the Outriggers, covering their geographic distribution, structural design, and observational capabilities. We detail the scientific objectives driving the project, including the characterization of FRB populations, host galaxy demographics, and the use of FRBs as cosmological probes. We also discuss the calibration strategies available to mitigate ionospheric and instrumental effects, ensuring high-precision localization. With two stations currently in science operations, and the third in commissioning, the CHIME/FRB Outriggers project is poised to become a cornerstone of the FRB field, offering unprecedented insights into this enigmatic cosmic phenomenon. |
| title | CHIME/FRB Outriggers: Design Overview |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.05192 |