与持久无线电源相关的重复快速无线电爆发
C-H Niu1, K Aggarwal2,3, D Li4,5,6
1National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Nature
|June 8, 2022
概括
快速无线电爆发可以帮助研究宇宙. 然而,一个重复的FRB,20190520B,显示了其宿主星系的高分散度,挑战了以前的假设.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学
- 宇宙学
- 无线电天文学
背景情况:
- 快速无线电爆发 (FRB) 是用来探测星际介质的电离化子含量.
- 主星系对分散度 (DM) 的贡献通常被认为是微不足道的.
- 之前的研究指出一些FRB存在于极端环境和持久的无线电源中.
研究的目的:
- 报告检测和定位一个重复的FRB,20190520B.
- 调查FRB 20190520B的宿主星系属性和分散量贡献.
- 评估宿主星系DM对FRB红移估计的影响.
主要方法:
- 检测和精确定位重复的FRB 20190520B.
- 一个共同位置的紧,持久无线电源的识别.
- 与矮星宿主星系的关联及其红移的测量 (0.241 ± 0.001).
主要成果:
- FRB 20190520B与一个持久无线电源共处.
- 主星系的恒星形成率很高.
- 测量了一种异常高的宿主星系分散度 (DM ≈ 1.2 × 10^4 pc cm-3),显著超过星系间介质的贡献.
结论:
- FRB 20190520B的宿主星系DM几乎是已知的FRB宿主星系的平均数量.
- 这一发现挑战了星系间介质对所有FRB的总分散度占主导地位的假设.
- 准确的宿主星系识别对于可靠的FRB红移测定至关重要.
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