Speaker
Prof.
Patrick Woudt
(Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town)
Description
ThunderKAT is one of ten accepted MeerKAT Large Survey Projects. ThunderKAT will study all aspects of transient radio emission associated with accretion and explosive events. Through a comprehensive and complementary programme of monitoring Galactic synchrotron transients (across a range of compact accretors and a range of other explosive phenomena) and exploring distinct populations of extragalactic synchrotron transients (microquasars, supernovae (SNe) and possibly yet unknown transient phenomena) we will revolutionise our understanding of the dynamic and explosive transient radio sky. We will give an overview of ThunderKAT and discuss the prospects of studying the transient sky with KAT-7.
| Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? | yes |
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| Level (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, other)? | other |
| Consider for a student <br> award (Yes / No)? | no |
Primary author
Prof.
Patrick Woudt
(Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town)
Co-author
Prof.
Rob Fender
(University of Southampton)
