The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts II: New FRB discoveries and their follow-up

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We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts (SUPERB) at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 151206, 151230 and 160102.

• Our real-time discoveries have enabled us to conduct extensive, rapid multi-messenger follow-up at 12 major facilities sensitive to radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray photons and neutrinos on time scales ranging from an hour to a few months post-burst.
• No counterparts to the FRBs were found and we provide upper limits on afterglow luminosities.
• None of the FRBs were seen to repeat.