The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts - II. New FRB discoveries and their follow-up

Bhandari S, Keane EF, Barr ED, Jameson A, Petroff E, Johnston S, Bailes M, Bhat NDR, Burgay M, Burke-Spolaor S, Caleb M, Eatough RP, Flynn C, Green JA, Jankowski F, Kramer M, Krishnan VV, Morello V, Possenti A, Stappers B, Tiburzi C, Van Straten W, Andreoni I, Butterley T, Chandra P, Cooke J, Corongiu A, Coward DM, Dhillon VS, Dodson R, Hardy LK, Howell EJ, Jaroenjittichai P, Klotz A, Littlefair SP, Marsh TR, Mickaliger M, Muxlow T, Perrodin D, Pritchard T, Sawangwit U, Terai T, Tominaga N, Torne P, Totani T, Trois A, Turpin D, Niino Y, Wilson RW, Albert A, Andre M, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Ardid M, Aubert JJ, Avgitas T, Baret B, Barrios-Marti J, Basa S, Belhorma B, Bertin V, Biagi S, Bormuth R, Bourret S, Bouwhuis MC, Branzas H, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Busto J, Capone A, Caramete L, Carr J, Celli S, El Moursli RC, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Coelho JAB, Coleiro A, Coniglione R, Costantini H, Coyle P, Creusot A, Diaz AF, Deschamps A, De Bonis G, Distefano C, Di Palma I, Domi A, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Drouhin D, Eberl T, El Bojaddaini I, El Khayati N, Elasser D, Enzenhoefer A, Ettahiri A, Fassi F, Felis I, Fusco LA, Gay P, Giordano V, Glotin H, Gregoire T, Gracia-Ruiz R, Graf K, Hallmann S, Van Haren H, Heijboer AJ, Hello Y, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Hößl J, Hofestädt J, Hugon C, Illuminati G, James C, De Jong M, Jongen M, Kadler M, Kalekin O, Katz U, Kießling D, Kouchner A, Kreter M, Kreykenbohm I, Kulikovskiy V, Lachaud C, Lahmann R, Lefevere D, Leonora E, Loucatos S, Marcelin M, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Martinez-Mora JA, Mele R, Melis K, Michael T, Migliozzi P, Moussa A, Navas S, Nezri E, Organokov M, Pavalas GE, Pellegrino C, Perrina C, Piattelli P, Popa V, Pradier T, Quinn L, Racca C, Riccobene G, Sanchez-Losa A, Saldana M, Salvadori I, Samtleben DFE, Sanguineti M, Sapienza P, Schussler F, Sieger C, Spurio M, Stolarczyk T, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Trovato A, Turpin D, Tonnis C, Vallage B, Van Elewyck V, Versari F, Vivolo D, Vizzocca A, Wilms J, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2018)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2018

Journal

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Book Volume: 475

Pages Range: 1427-1446

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx3074

Abstract

We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 151206, 151230 and 160102. Our real-time discoveries have enabled us to conduct extensive, rapid multimessenger follow-up at 12 major facilities sensitive to radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray photons and neutrinos on time-scales ranging from an hour to a few months post-burst. No counterparts to the FRBs were found and we provide upper limits on afterglow luminosities. None of the FRBs were seen to repeat. Formal fits to all FRBs show hints of scattering while their intrinsic widths are unresolved in time. FRB 151206 is at low Galactic latitude, FRB 151230 shows a sharp spectral cut-off, and FRB 160102 has the highest dispersion measure (DM = 2596.1 +/- 0.3 pc cm(-3)) detected to date. Three of the FRBs have high dispersion measures (DM > 1500 pc cm(-3)), favouring a scenario where the DMis dominated by contributions from the intergalactic medium. The slope of the Parkes FRB source counts distribution with fluences > 2 Jy ms is alpha = - 2.2(-1.2)(+0.6) and still consistent with a Euclidean distribution (alpha = -3/2). We also find that the all-sky rate is 1.7(-0.9)(+1.5) x 10(3)FRBs/(4 pi sr)/day above similar to 2 Jy ms and there is currently no strong evidence for a latitude- dependent FRB sky rate.

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Swinburne University of Technology Australia (AU) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) University of Western Australia (UWA) Australia (AU) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Spain (ES) University of Warwick United Kingdom (GB) National Institute for Subatomic Physics / Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica (Nikhef) Netherlands (NL) University of Sheffield United Kingdom (GB) Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) Australia (AU) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) University of València / Universitat de València Spain (ES) University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Mohammed V University (UMVA) / جامعة محمد الخامس‎ Morocco (MA) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Germany (DE) Durham University United Kingdom (GB) University of Manchester United Kingdom (GB) University of Sydney (USYD) Australia (AU) Universität Bielefeld Germany (DE) Polytechnic University of Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Spain (ES) National Center for Energy Science & Nuclear Technology Morocco (MA) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Université de Strasbourg (UDS) France (FR) Universidad de Cádiz (UCA) Spain (ES) Institute of Space Science (ISS) / Institutul de Științe Spațiale Romania (RO) Mohammed First University / Université Mohammed Premier / جامعة محمد الأول Morocco (MA) Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) France (FR) Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) France (FR) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 国立天文台(NAOJ) Japan (JP) Polytechnic University of Catalonia / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain (ES) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) India (IN) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) United States (USA) (US) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Netherlands (NL) Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées France (FR) National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand Thailand (TH) Konan University / 甲南大学 Japan (JP)

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APA:

Bhandari, S., Keane, E.F., Barr, E.D., Jameson, A., Petroff, E., Johnston, S.,... Zuniga, J. (2018). The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts - II. New FRB discoveries and their follow-up. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(2), 1427-1446. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3074

MLA:

Bhandari, S., et al. "The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts - II. New FRB discoveries and their follow-up." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 475.2 (2018): 1427-1446.

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