doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Manchester, UK /
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Evan Francis Keane.
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Berlin :
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Springer,
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2011.
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1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) :
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illustrations (some color).
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Springer theses,
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2190-5053
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester
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The high time-resolution radio sky represents unexplored astronomical territory. This thesis presents a study of the transient radio sky, focussing on millisecond scales. As such, the work is concerned primarily with neutron stars. In particular this research concentrates on a recently identified group of neutron stars, known as RRATs, which exhibit radio bursts every few minutes to every few hours. After analysing neutron star birthrates, a re-analysis of the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey is described which has resulted in the discovery of 19 new transient radio sources. Of these, 12 have be