Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418
A fading radio source, coincident in time and position with the fast radio burst FRB 150418, has been associated with the galaxy WISE J071634.59-190039.2. Subsequent observations of this galaxy have revealed that it contains a persistent, but variable, radio source. We present e-Multi-Element Radio...
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| author | Bassa, C. Beswick, R. Tingay, Steven Keane, E. Bhandari, S. Johnston, S. Totani, T. Tominaga, N. Yasuda, N. Stappers, B. Barr, E. Kramer, M. Possenti, A. |
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| description | A fading radio source, coincident in time and position with the fast radio burst FRB 150418, has been associated with the galaxy WISE J071634.59-190039.2. Subsequent observations of this galaxy have revealed that it contains a persistent, but variable, radio source. We present e-Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, Very Long Baseline Array, and Australia Telescope Compact Array radio observations and Subaru optical observations of WISE J071634.59-190039.2 and find that the persistent radio source is unresolved and must be compact (<0.01 kpc), and that its location is consistent with the optical centre of the galaxy. We conclude that it is likely that WISE J071634.59-190039.2 contains a weak radio active galactic nucleus. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-217192017-09-13T15:36:43Z Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 Bassa, C. Beswick, R. Tingay, Steven Keane, E. Bhandari, S. Johnston, S. Totani, T. Tominaga, N. Yasuda, N. Stappers, B. Barr, E. Kramer, M. Possenti, A. A fading radio source, coincident in time and position with the fast radio burst FRB 150418, has been associated with the galaxy WISE J071634.59-190039.2. Subsequent observations of this galaxy have revealed that it contains a persistent, but variable, radio source. We present e-Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network, Very Long Baseline Array, and Australia Telescope Compact Array radio observations and Subaru optical observations of WISE J071634.59-190039.2 and find that the persistent radio source is unresolved and must be compact (<0.01 kpc), and that its location is consistent with the optical centre of the galaxy. We conclude that it is likely that WISE J071634.59-190039.2 contains a weak radio active galactic nucleus. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21719 10.1093/mnrasl/slw151 Oxford fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Bassa, C. Beswick, R. Tingay, Steven Keane, E. Bhandari, S. Johnston, S. Totani, T. Tominaga, N. Yasuda, N. Stappers, B. Barr, E. Kramer, M. Possenti, A. Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 |
| title | Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 |
| title_full | Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 |
| title_fullStr | Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 |
| title_short | Optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with FRB 150418 |
| title_sort | optical and radio astrometry of the galaxy associated with frb 150418 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21719 |