Detecting fast radio transients at IAR: a new window for time domain radioastronomy in Argentina

M. J. TUEROS

La Plata

Encuentro; 58a reunión de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía; 2015

Asociación Argentina de Astronomía

The Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia is pushing forward the design of a new, fast digital multi-pixel receiver on one of its 30 m antennas for the detection of extensive air showers generated in the atmosphere by ultra high energy cosmic rays. This detector will work in the L-Band close to the hydrogen line (1.4 GHz) with a 100 ns time resolution and a projected 35?50 K system temperature, making it suitable for many radioastronomical observations that require good sen-sitivity and time resolution such as fast radio bursts, giant radio pulses, follow up observations of gamma ray bursts, pulsar searches and characterization, as well as for uses in other fields. In this contribution we present the project characteristics and planned capabilities to the community, in order to identify possible collaborations not only in cosmic ray, gamma ray and neutrino physics but also for the use of this new detector in other fields.