IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v553y2018i7687d10.1038_nature25149.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An extreme magneto-ionic environment associated with the fast radio burst source FRB 121102

Author

Listed:
  • D. Michilli

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

  • A. Seymour

    (National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory)

  • J. W. T. Hessels

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

  • L. G. Spitler

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

  • V. Gajjar

    (Space Science Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California
    Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CAS
    Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • A. M. Archibald

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

  • G. C. Bower

    (Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics)

  • S. Chatterjee

    (Cornell University, Ithaca)

  • J. M. Cordes

    (Cornell University, Ithaca)

  • K. Gourdji

    (Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam)

  • G. H. Heald

    (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science)

  • V. M. Kaspi

    (McGill University)

  • C. J. Law

    (University of California)

  • C. Sobey

    (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
    International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research - Curtin University)

  • E. A. K. Adams

    (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
    Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen)

  • C. G. Bassa

    (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)

  • S. Bogdanov

    (Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University)

  • C. Brinkman

    (University of Vermont, Burlington)

  • P. Demorest

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • F. Fernandez

    (National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory)

  • G. Hellbourg

    (University of California)

  • T. J. W. Lazio

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

  • R. S. Lynch

    (Green Bank Observatory
    Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, Chestnut Ridge Research Building)

  • N. Maddox

    (ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)

  • B. Marcote

    (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

  • M. A. McLaughlin

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

  • Z. Paragi

    (Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC)

  • S. M. Ransom

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

  • P. Scholz

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

  • A. P. V. Siemion

    (University of California
    Radboud University
    SETI Institute)

  • S. P. Tendulkar

    (McGill University)

  • P. Van Rooy

    (Case Western Reserve University)

  • R. S. Wharton

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie)

  • D. Whitlow

    (National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory)

Abstract

Polarimetric observations of the repeating fast radio burst source FRB 121102 suggest that the bursts may originate from a neutron star in the extreme magneto-ionic environment of an accreting massive black hole or supernova remnant.

Suggested Citation

  • D. Michilli & A. Seymour & J. W. T. Hessels & L. G. Spitler & V. Gajjar & A. M. Archibald & G. C. Bower & S. Chatterjee & J. M. Cordes & K. Gourdji & G. H. Heald & V. M. Kaspi & C. J. Law & C. Sobey &, 2018. "An extreme magneto-ionic environment associated with the fast radio burst source FRB 121102," Nature, Nature, vol. 553(7687), pages 182-185, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:553:y:2018:i:7687:d:10.1038_nature25149
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25149
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25149
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature25149?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:553:y:2018:i:7687:d:10.1038_nature25149. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.