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A repeating fast radio burst

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  • L. G. Spitler

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

  • P. Scholz

    (McGill University, 3600 University Street)

  • J. W. T. Hessels

    (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
    Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam)

  • S. Bogdanov

    (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University)

  • A. Brazier

    (Cornell University
    Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, Cornell University)

  • F. Camilo

    (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
    Square Kilometre Array South Africa)

  • S. Chatterjee

    (Cornell University)

  • J. M. Cordes

    (Cornell University)

  • F. Crawford

    (Franklin and Marshall College)

  • J. Deneva

    (National Research Council, Naval Research Laboratory)

  • R. D. Ferdman

    (McGill University, 3600 University Street)

  • P. C. C. Freire

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

  • V. M. Kaspi

    (McGill University, 3600 University Street)

  • P. Lazarus

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

  • R. Lynch

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    West Virginia University)

  • E. C. Madsen

    (McGill University, 3600 University Street)

  • M. A. McLaughlin

    (West Virginia University)

  • C. Patel

    (McGill University, 3600 University Street)

  • S. M. Ransom

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • A. Seymour

    (Arecibo Observatory)

  • I. H. Stairs

    (McGill University, 3600 University Street
    University of British Columbia)

  • B. W. Stappers

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

  • J. van Leeuwen

    (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
    Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam)

  • W. W. Zhu

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

Abstract

Observations of repeated fast radio bursts, having dispersion measures and sky positions consistent with those of FRB 121102, show that the signals do not originate in a single cataclysmic event and may come from a young, highly magnetized, extragalactic neutron star.

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  • L. G. Spitler & P. Scholz & J. W. T. Hessels & S. Bogdanov & A. Brazier & F. Camilo & S. Chatterjee & J. M. Cordes & F. Crawford & J. Deneva & R. D. Ferdman & P. C. C. Freire & V. M. Kaspi & P. Lazaru, 2016. "A repeating fast radio burst," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7593), pages 202-205, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7593:d:10.1038_nature17168
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17168
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    1. S. B. Zhang & J. S. Wang & X. Yang & Y. Li & J. J. Geng & Z. F. Tang & C. M. Chang & J. T. Luo & X. C. Wang & X. F. Wu & Z. G. Dai & B. Zhang, 2024. "A bright burst from FRB 20200120E in a globular cluster of the nearby galaxy M81," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.

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