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Periodicidad subsegunda en una ráfaga de radio rápida
, Bridget C Andersen1,2, Kevin Bandura3,4
1Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Nature
|July 13, 2022
Resumen
Los investigadores detectaron una repetida ráfaga rápida de radio (FRB) con una señal periódica única. Este descubrimiento proporciona una fuerte evidencia de un origen de estrellas de neutrones y la emisión magnetosférica para estos misteriosos eventos cósmicos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Astronomía y astrofísica
- Los transitorios cósmicos
- La radioastronomía
Sus antecedentes:
- Las ráfagas rápidas de radio (FRB) son enigmáticos destellos de radio de milisegundos de duración que se originan desde distancias extragalácticas.
- Los progenitores y los mecanismos de emisión de los FRB siguen siendo importantes preguntas abiertas en astrofísica.
- Las detecciones anteriores de FRB no han identificado de manera concluyente sus orígenes o procesos de emisión.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la naturaleza de los progenitores de ráfagas de radio rápidas y sus mecanismos de emisión.
- Para analizar las propiedades del peculiar FRB multicomponente 20191221A.
- Para determinar si el comportamiento periódico puede ser identificado en las señales FRB.
Principales métodos:
- Detección y análisis de la ráfaga rápida de radio multicomponente 20191221A.
- Identificación de la separación periódica entre los componentes de la ráfaga mediante técnicas de procesamiento de señales.
- Análisis estadístico para determinar la importancia de la periodicidad observada.
Principales resultados:
- La detección de FRB 20191221A, un FRB atípico con una larga duración (aprox. 3 s) y por lo menos nueve componentes.
- Identificación de una separación periódica significativa de 216,8 μs entre los componentes del estallido (significancia de 6,5σ).
- La periodicidad observada sugiere fuertemente un origen de estrella de neutrones para el evento FRB.
Conclusiones:
- La corta periodicidad observada en FRB 20191221A proporciona evidencia convincente de un progenitor de estrellas de neutrones.
- Los hallazgos favorecen los modelos de emisión originados en la magnetosfera de las estrellas de neutrones.
- Este estudio avanza en nuestra comprensión de los orígenes de los FRB y la física de la emisión.
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