A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts. Nonrepeating FRB observations have had insufficient positional accuracy to localize them to an individual host galaxy. We report the interferometric localizatio...
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| author | Bannister, K.W. Deller, A.T. Phillips, C. Macquart, Jean-Pierre Prochaska, J.X. Tejos, N. Ryder, S.D. Sadler, E.M. Shannon, Ryan Simha, S. Day, C.K. McQuinn, M. North-Hickey, F.O. Bhandari, S. Arcus, W.R. Bennert, V.N. Burchett, J. Bouwhuis, M. Dodson, R. Ekers, Ronald Farah, W. Flynn, C. James, Clancy Kerr, M. Lenc, E. Mahony, E.K. O'Meara, J. Osłowski, S. Qiu, H. Treu, T. U, V. Bateman, T.J. Bock, D.C.J. Bolton, R.J. Brown, A. Bunton, J.D. Chippendale, A.P. Cooray, F.R. Cornwell, T. Gupta, N. Hayman, D.B. Kesteven, M. Koribalski, B.S. MacLeod, A. McClure-Griffiths, N.M. Neuhold, S. Norris, R.P. Pilawa, M.A. Qiao, R.Y. Reynolds, J. Roxby, D.N. Shimwell, T.W. Voronkov, M.A. Wilson, C.D. |
| author_facet | Bannister, K.W. Deller, A.T. Phillips, C. Macquart, Jean-Pierre Prochaska, J.X. Tejos, N. Ryder, S.D. Sadler, E.M. Shannon, Ryan Simha, S. Day, C.K. McQuinn, M. North-Hickey, F.O. Bhandari, S. Arcus, W.R. Bennert, V.N. Burchett, J. Bouwhuis, M. Dodson, R. Ekers, Ronald Farah, W. Flynn, C. James, Clancy Kerr, M. Lenc, E. Mahony, E.K. O'Meara, J. Osłowski, S. Qiu, H. Treu, T. U, V. Bateman, T.J. Bock, D.C.J. Bolton, R.J. Brown, A. Bunton, J.D. Chippendale, A.P. Cooray, F.R. Cornwell, T. Gupta, N. Hayman, D.B. Kesteven, M. Koribalski, B.S. MacLeod, A. McClure-Griffiths, N.M. Neuhold, S. Norris, R.P. Pilawa, M.A. Qiao, R.Y. Reynolds, J. Roxby, D.N. Shimwell, T.W. Voronkov, M.A. Wilson, C.D. |
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| description | Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts. Nonrepeating FRB observations have had insufficient positional accuracy to localize them to an individual host galaxy. We report the interferometric localization of the single-pulse FRB 180924 to a position 4 kiloparsecs from the center of a luminous galaxy at redshift 0.3214. The burst has not been observed to repeat. The properties of the burst and its host are markedly different from those of the only other accurately localized FRB source. The integrated electron column density along the line of sight closely matches models of the intergalactic medium, indicating that some FRBs are clean probes of the baryonic component of the cosmic web. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-915562023-05-16T06:41:20Z A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance Bannister, K.W. Deller, A.T. Phillips, C. Macquart, Jean-Pierre Prochaska, J.X. Tejos, N. Ryder, S.D. Sadler, E.M. Shannon, Ryan Simha, S. Day, C.K. McQuinn, M. North-Hickey, F.O. Bhandari, S. Arcus, W.R. Bennert, V.N. Burchett, J. Bouwhuis, M. Dodson, R. Ekers, Ronald Farah, W. Flynn, C. James, Clancy Kerr, M. Lenc, E. Mahony, E.K. O'Meara, J. Osłowski, S. Qiu, H. Treu, T. U, V. Bateman, T.J. Bock, D.C.J. Bolton, R.J. Brown, A. Bunton, J.D. Chippendale, A.P. Cooray, F.R. Cornwell, T. Gupta, N. Hayman, D.B. Kesteven, M. Koribalski, B.S. MacLeod, A. McClure-Griffiths, N.M. Neuhold, S. Norris, R.P. Pilawa, M.A. Qiao, R.Y. Reynolds, J. Roxby, D.N. Shimwell, T.W. Voronkov, M.A. Wilson, C.D. Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS REIONIZATION HISTORY STAR-FORMATION LINE SPECTRA HOST GALAXY FIELD ULTRAVIOLET CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS REIONIZATION HISTORY STAR-FORMATION LINE SPECTRA HOST GALAXY FIELD ULTRAVIOLET CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION astro-ph.HE astro-ph.HE astro-ph.CO Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief radio emissions from distant astronomical sources. Some are known to repeat, but most are single bursts. Nonrepeating FRB observations have had insufficient positional accuracy to localize them to an individual host galaxy. We report the interferometric localization of the single-pulse FRB 180924 to a position 4 kiloparsecs from the center of a luminous galaxy at redshift 0.3214. The burst has not been observed to repeat. The properties of the burst and its host are markedly different from those of the only other accurately localized FRB source. The integrated electron column density along the line of sight closely matches models of the intergalactic medium, indicating that some FRBs are clean probes of the baryonic component of the cosmic web. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91556 10.1126/science.aaw5903 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT150100415 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100148 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/CE170100004 AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS REIONIZATION HISTORY STAR-FORMATION LINE SPECTRA HOST GALAXY FIELD ULTRAVIOLET CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS REIONIZATION HISTORY STAR-FORMATION LINE SPECTRA HOST GALAXY FIELD ULTRAVIOLET CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION astro-ph.HE astro-ph.HE astro-ph.CO Bannister, K.W. Deller, A.T. Phillips, C. Macquart, Jean-Pierre Prochaska, J.X. Tejos, N. Ryder, S.D. Sadler, E.M. Shannon, Ryan Simha, S. Day, C.K. McQuinn, M. North-Hickey, F.O. Bhandari, S. Arcus, W.R. Bennert, V.N. Burchett, J. Bouwhuis, M. Dodson, R. Ekers, Ronald Farah, W. Flynn, C. James, Clancy Kerr, M. Lenc, E. Mahony, E.K. O'Meara, J. Osłowski, S. Qiu, H. Treu, T. U, V. Bateman, T.J. Bock, D.C.J. Bolton, R.J. Brown, A. Bunton, J.D. Chippendale, A.P. Cooray, F.R. Cornwell, T. Gupta, N. Hayman, D.B. Kesteven, M. Koribalski, B.S. MacLeod, A. McClure-Griffiths, N.M. Neuhold, S. Norris, R.P. Pilawa, M.A. Qiao, R.Y. Reynolds, J. Roxby, D.N. Shimwell, T.W. Voronkov, M.A. Wilson, C.D. A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| title | A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| title_full | A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| title_fullStr | A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| title_full_unstemmed | A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| title_short | A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| title_sort | single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance |
| topic | Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS REIONIZATION HISTORY STAR-FORMATION LINE SPECTRA HOST GALAXY FIELD ULTRAVIOLET CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics STELLAR POPULATION SYNTHESIS REIONIZATION HISTORY STAR-FORMATION LINE SPECTRA HOST GALAXY FIELD ULTRAVIOLET CONSTRAINTS ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION astro-ph.HE astro-ph.HE astro-ph.CO |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100857 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91556 |