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Table 1.
Observation and trigger properties.
| Property | Pilot A | Pilot B |
|---|---|---|
| Incoherent array beams | 3 | |
| Frequency range (MHz) | 119–151 | |
| Pointing duration (h) | 1 | |
| Pointings | 35 | 83 |
| Effective observing time (beam h) | 68.51 | 98.76 |
| Frequency resolution (kHz) | 12 | |
| Time resolution (data) (ms) | 0.5 | |
| Time resolution (search) (ms) | 2 | 4 |
| Search width (ms) | 2,4,8,16 | 4,8,16,32,64,128 |
| Station configuration | Superterpa | |
| FWHM 1 beam 119 MHz (zenith) | 4.77° | |
| FWHM 1 beam 151 MHz (zenith) | 3.78° | |
| FoV 1 beam 119 MHz | 17.9 deg2 | |
| FoV 1 beam 151 MHz | 11.25 deg2 | |
| Minimum DM (pc cm−3) | 0 | |
| Minimum trigger DM (pc cm−3) | 5 or 10 | 10 |
| DM step (pc cm−3) | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Maximum DM (pc cm−3) | 70–120 | 500 |
| Sub-band bandwidth (MHz) | 6.25 | |
| Number of sub-bands | 5 | |
| Sub-bands required to trigger | 3 | |
| Coincidence window (ms) | 2 × 100 | |
| Single sub-band threshold (sigma) | 7 |
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