ASIAA Summer Students Program
ASIAA Summer Student Program 2023
July 3 - August 31

2023 Project Description

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accurate timing and VLBI localization for BURSTT stations

Keywords:
BURSTT
Instrumentation
VLBI

Supervisors

Kai-yang Lin
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Task Description and Goals

Accurate timekeeping (nano-sec level) is critical to VLBI localization of the Fast Radio Bursts. The BURSTT is looking to utilize the GPS carrier phase for accurate timing. The student is expected to test and verify various aspects of the process and help optimize the settings.

Required Background

familiarity with Linux OS, python programming, basic interferometry

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