Searching for Galactic Micro-FRB with Lunar Scattering
arXiv:2002.03506 · doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1022
Abstract
Does the Galaxy contain sources of micro-FRB, lower energy events resembling the known FRB but detectable only at Galactic distances? The answer to this question is essential to determining the nature of FRB sources. At typical ( kpc) Galactic distances a burst would be about 117 dB brighter than at a "cosmological" () distance. The radiation of Galactic micro-FRB, if they exist, could be detected after Lunar reflection, or an upper bound on their rate set, by a modest (20 m at 1.4 GHz) radio telescope staring at the Moon. It would have all-sky sensitivity. The delay between detection of direct (by STARE2 or dipoles) and Lunar-scattered radiation would restrict a burst's position to a narrow arc.
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