[Lofarpwg] LOFAR2.0 PSR/FRB/Fast Transients EoIs

[Joris Verbiest]

Hi Cees,

Just to quickly point out that I don't think I agree.

I do agree that scientifically there is a match with some of the science
goals of the monitoring campaign and those of the long-track census; but at
the same time a major goal of pulsar surveys is exactly charting the
population of source out there -- meaning that there is an excellent
scientific match there as well.

Also, in terms of required observations, the survey and the long-track
census are perfectly matched, whereas the difference with the monitoring
campaign could not be larger.

So I personally very much think the long-track census would be a logical
part of the survey EoI -- but not of the monitoring EoI.

Cheers,



Joris

On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 20:38, Cees Bassa <bassa at astron.nl> wrote:

> Hi Andrea,
>
> On Mon, 2021-11-08 at 23:07 +0100, Possenti, Andrea wrote:
> > I think that reading also the similar doc for the monitor EoI will be
> > beneficial to answer your questions.
> > At the moment, I'm just wondering if the 2nd sub-theme in the search
> > EoI might not be more appropriate
> > for the parallel monitor program. Of course one can sell that as a
> > "search" for single pulses and other
> > as yet unassessed phenomenologies, but at the very end the telescope
> > will look at already known sources.
>
> Looking at the notes I took of both the searching and monitoring
> discussions, the "1000 pulsar census with 8h per source" was mentioned
> as part of the monitoring program. To me that seems the logical
> location to add this; it is a bit different to the monitoring done for
> timing, but it is a better match than searching.
>
> Regards,
>    Cees
>
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