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A direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host

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  • S. Chatterjee

    (Cornell University)

  • C. J. Law

    (University of California)

  • R. S. Wharton

    (Cornell University)

  • S. Burke-Spolaor

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    West Virginia University
    Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building)

  • J. W. T. Hessels

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

  • G. C. Bower

    (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics)

  • J. M. Cordes

    (Cornell University)

  • S. P. Tendulkar

    (McGill University)

  • C. G. Bassa

    (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)

  • P. Demorest

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • B. J. Butler

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • A. Seymour

    (Arecibo Observatory)

  • P. Scholz

    (National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory)

  • M. W. Abruzzo

    (Haverford College)

  • S. Bogdanov

    (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University)

  • V. M. Kaspi

    (McGill University)

  • A. Keimpema

    (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

  • T. J. W. Lazio

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

  • B. Marcote

    (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

  • M. A. McLaughlin

    (West Virginia University
    Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building)

  • Z. Paragi

    (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

  • S. M. Ransom

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • M. Rupen

    (National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory)

  • L. G. Spitler

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

  • H. J. van Langevelde

    (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
    Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden University)

Abstract

Subarcsecond localization of the repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 shows that its source is co-located with a faint galaxy with a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus, or a previously unknown type of extragalactic source.

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  • S. Chatterjee & C. J. Law & R. S. Wharton & S. Burke-Spolaor & J. W. T. Hessels & G. C. Bower & J. M. Cordes & S. P. Tendulkar & C. G. Bassa & P. Demorest & B. J. Butler & A. Seymour & P. Scholz & M. , 2017. "A direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host," Nature, Nature, vol. 541(7635), pages 58-61, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:541:y:2017:i:7635:d:10.1038_nature20797
    DOI: 10.1038/nature20797
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    1. F. Y. Wang & G. Q. Zhang & Z. G. Dai & K. S. Cheng, 2022. "Repeating fast radio burst 20201124A originates from a magnetar/Be star binary," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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