VAST - a real-time pipeline for detecting radio transients and variables on the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope

Understand

The Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) is a next generation radio telescope currently under construction in Western Australia.

• The fast survey speed and wide field of view make it an ideal instrument for blind transients searches.
• The ASKAP Variable and Slow Transients (VAST) survey is a one of the major science programs planned for ASKAP.
• The scientific goals of VAST include the detection and characterisation of a wide range of transient and variable phenomena, from gamma-ray burst afterglows to extreme scattering events, on timescales of 5 seconds or longer.