F&M/NRAO Search of Unidentified Radio Sources

The original Jodrell Bank search of 92 unidentified sources from the NVSS and FIRST surveys was reported in "A Search for Submillisecond Pulsations in Unidentified FIRST and NVSS Radio Sources" by F. Crawford, V. M. Kaspi, and J. F. Bell, Astronomical Journal, 119, 2376 (2000). The search undertaken here with the NRAO 140-ft telescope is a bit different and employs some software tools as well as some observing and computational developments that were not available for the previous search. Funding for some of the equipment that has been used in this project comes from WVEPSCoR and Research Corporation.

Project and Telescope Info:

  • NRAO 43-m Telescope Web Page
  • Real Time Telescope Display/Status (mitll,43m-mit)
  • Project Status (Wiki) Page

    Project Participants:

    Fronefield Crawford (F&M)
    Glen Langston (NRAO)
    Claire Gilpin (F&M '12)
    Debbie Schmidt (F&M '12)

    Publications and Presentations:

    Some of our work on this project has been described in the following conference presentations.

    "A New Search of Unidentified Radio Point Sources for Fast Pulses and Bursts"
    D. Schmidt et al., American Astronomical Society Meeting, 219, #237.16 (2012)

    "Progress Report on a New Survey of Unidentified Radio Sources for Fast Pulses and Bursts"
    F. Crawford et al., American Astronomical Society Meeting, 217, #215.01 (2011)

    "Pulsar Science with the Green Bank 43m Telescope"
    M. Mickaliger et al., Proceedings of Radio Pulsars: An Astrophysical Key to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1357, 60 (2011)

    Plots and Images:

    The NRAO 43-meter radio telescope.