4 papers
MeerKAT discovery of a hyperactive repeating fast radio burst source
J. Tian, I. Pastor-Marazuela, K. M. Rajwade +17
We present the discovery and localisation of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) source from the MeerTRAP project, a commensal fast radio transient search programme using the MeerKA…
Contemporaneous optical-radio observations of a fast radio burst in a close galaxy pair
K. Y. Hanmer, I. Pastor-Marazuela, J. Brink +20
We present the MeerKAT discovery and MeerLICHT contemporaneous optical observations of the Fast Radio Burst (FRB) 20230808F, which was found to have a dispersion measure of $\mathr…
The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview
Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75
The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…
A spectroscopic and kinematic survey of fast hot subdwarfs
S. Geier, U. Heber, A. Irrgang +19
Hot subdwarfs (sdO/B) are the stripped helium cores of red giants formed by binary interactions. Close hot subdwarf binaries with massive white dwarf companions have been proposed…