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The host galaxy of a fast radio burst

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  • E. F. Keane

    (Square Kilometre Array Organisation, Jodrell Bank Observatory
    Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • S. Johnston

    (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility)

  • S. Bhandari

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • E. Barr

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology)

  • N. D. R. Bhat

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University)

  • M. Burgay

    (Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari)

  • M. Caleb

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University)

  • C. Flynn

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • A. Jameson

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • M. Kramer

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR)
    Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester)

  • E. Petroff

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility)

  • A. Possenti

    (Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari)

  • W. van Straten

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology)

  • M. Bailes

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • S. Burke-Spolaor

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • R. P. Eatough

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR))

  • B. W. Stappers

    (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester)

  • T. Totani

    (the University of Tokyo)

  • M. Honma

    (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2 Chome-21-1 Osawa
    SOKENDAI (Graduate University for the Advanced Study))

  • H. Furusawa

    (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2 Chome-21-1 Osawa)

  • T. Hattori

    (Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A’ohoku Place)

  • T. Morokuma

    (Institute of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-21-1 Osawa
    Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo)

  • Y. Niino

    (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2 Chome-21-1 Osawa)

  • H. Sugai

    (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo)

  • T. Terai

    (Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A’ohoku Place)

  • N. Tominaga

    (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo
    Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto)

  • S. Yamasaki

    (the University of Tokyo)

  • N. Yasuda

    (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo)

  • R. Allen

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology)

  • J. Cooke

    (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
    Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO))

  • J. Jencson

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • M. M. Kasliwal

    (Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology)

  • D. L. Kaplan

    (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

  • S. J. Tingay

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University)

  • A. Williams

    (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University)

  • R. Wayth

    (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
    International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University)

  • P. Chandra

    (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune University Campus)

  • D. Perrodin

    (Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari)

  • M. Berezina

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR))

  • M. Mickaliger

    (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester)

  • C. Bassa

    (ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2)

Abstract

Observations of a six-day-long radio transient following a fast radio burst have yielded the host galaxy’s redshift, which, combined with the dispersion measure, provides a direct measurement of the cosmic density of ionized baryons in the intergalactic medium including all of the so-called ‘missing baryons’.

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  • E. F. Keane & S. Johnston & S. Bhandari & E. Barr & N. D. R. Bhat & M. Burgay & M. Caleb & C. Flynn & A. Jameson & M. Kramer & E. Petroff & A. Possenti & W. van Straten & M. Bailes & S. Burke-Spolaor , 2016. "The host galaxy of a fast radio burst," Nature, Nature, vol. 530(7591), pages 453-456, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:530:y:2016:i:7591:d:10.1038_nature17140
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17140
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