一个重复的快速无线电爆发
L G Spitler1, P Scholz2, J W T Hessels3,4
1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, B-53121 Bonn, Germany.
Nature
|March 3, 2016
概括
快速无线电爆发 (FRB) 之前被认为是不重复的. 新的观测证实FRB 121102是一个重复的FRB, 挑战以前关于它们起源的理论.
科学领域:
- 天文学
- 天体物理学
- 宇宙学
背景情况:
- 快速无线电爆发 (FRB) 是来自银河系外的神秘,持续数毫秒的无线电脉冲.
- 之前的观察表明FRB是不重复的,
- 一些FRB的重复性仍然是天体物理学中的一个关键难题.
研究的目的:
- 调查快速无线电爆发FRB 121102的重复性.
- 描述反复发射的特性及其来源.
- 测试有关FRB物理起源的假设.
主要方法:
- 使用无线电望远镜对FRB 121102进行后续观测.
- 分析了爆发到达时间,分散度和光谱特性.
- 与之前的检测数据进行比较以确认重复行为.
主要成果:
- 从FRB 121102的方向检测到十个额外的爆发, 证实它的重复性.
- 对所有检测到的爆发进行了一致的分散测量和天空位置.
- 在短时间尺度上表现出可变的光谱形状,
结论:
- 无疑FRB 121102是一个重复的FRB, 它的源头在能量事件中幸存下来.
- 观察到的光谱变化支持一个年轻的,高度磁化的,银河系外中子星的起源.
- 这些发现有助于了解快速无线电爆发的不同来源.
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