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Dense magnetized plasma associated with a fast radio burst

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  • Kiyoshi Masui

    (University of British Columbia
    Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Program in Cosmology and Gravity)

  • Hsiu-Hsien Lin

    (McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Jonathan Sievers

    (Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
    National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), KZN node)

  • Christopher J. Anderson

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Tzu-Ching Chang

    (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astro-Math Building, AS/NTU 1, Section 4)

  • Xuelei Chen

    (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science
    Center of High Energy Physics, Peking University)

  • Apratim Ganguly

    (Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Miranda Jarvis

    (University of Toronto)

  • Cheng-Yu Kuo

    (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astro-Math Building, AS/NTU 1, Section 4
    National Sun Yat-Sen University No. 70)

  • Yi-Chao Li

    (National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science)

  • Yu-Wei Liao

    (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astro-Math Building, AS/NTU 1, Section 4)

  • Maura McLaughlin

    (West Virginia University)

  • Ue-Li Pen

    (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Program in Cosmology and Gravity
    Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
    Perimeter Institute)

  • Jeffrey B. Peterson

    (McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Alexander Roman

    (McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Peter T. Timbie

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Tabitha Voytek

    (McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University
    Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Jaswant K. Yadav

    (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Knowledge City)

Abstract

Fast radio burst FRB 110523, discovered in archival data, reveals Faraday rotation and scattering that suggests dense magnetized plasma near the source; this means that to infer the source of the burst, models should involve young stellar populations such as magnetars.

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  • Kiyoshi Masui & Hsiu-Hsien Lin & Jonathan Sievers & Christopher J. Anderson & Tzu-Ching Chang & Xuelei Chen & Apratim Ganguly & Miranda Jarvis & Cheng-Yu Kuo & Yi-Chao Li & Yu-Wei Liao & Maura McLaugh, 2015. "Dense magnetized plasma associated with a fast radio burst," Nature, Nature, vol. 528(7583), pages 523-525, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:528:y:2015:i:7583:d:10.1038_nature15769
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15769
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