A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster.

Autor: Kirsten F; Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden. kirsten@astron.nl.; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands. kirsten@astron.nl., Marcote B; Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands., Nimmo K; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands.; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Hessels JWT; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands.; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Bhardwaj M; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Tendulkar SP; Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.; National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India., Keimpema A; Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands., Yang J; Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden., Snelders MP; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Scholz P; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Pearlman AB; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA., Law CJ; Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.; Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA., Peters WM; Remote Sensing Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA., Giroletti M; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy., Paragi Z; Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands., Bassa C; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands., Hewitt DM; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Bach U; Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany., Bezrukovs V; Engineering Research Institute Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (ERI VIRAC), Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (VUAS), Ventspils, Latvia., Burgay M; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy., Buttaccio ST; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto di Radioastronomia Radiotelescopio di Noto, Noto, Italy., Conway JE; Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden., Corongiu A; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy., Feiler R; Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland., Forssén O; Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden., Gawroński MP; Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland., Karuppusamy R; Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany., Kharinov MA; Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia., Lindqvist M; Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden., Maccaferri G; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy., Melnikov A; Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia., Ould-Boukattine OS; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Possenti A; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy.; Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy., Surcis G; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy., Wang N; Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Urumqi, China., Yuan J; Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Urumqi, China., Aggarwal K; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA., Anna-Thomas R; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA., Bower GC; Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Hilo, HI, USA., Blaauw R; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands., Burke-Spolaor S; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Cassanelli T; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Clarke TE; Remote Sensing Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA., Fonseca E; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA., Gaensler BM; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Gopinath A; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Kaspi VM; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Kassim N; Remote Sensing Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA., Lazio TJW; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA., Leung C; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA., Li DZ; Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA., Lin HH; Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan., Masui KW; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA., Mckinven R; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Michilli D; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA., Mikhailov AG; Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia., Ng C; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Orbidans A; Engineering Research Institute Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (ERI VIRAC), Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (VUAS), Ventspils, Latvia., Pen UL; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.; Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan., Petroff E; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Rahman M; Sidrat Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Ransom SM; National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, USA., Shin K; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA., Smith KM; Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada., Stairs IH; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Vlemmings W; Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature [Nature] 2022 Feb; Vol. 602 (7898), pp. 585-589. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 23.
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w
Abstrakt: Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are flashes of unknown physical origin 1 . The majority of FRBs have been seen only once, although some are known to generate multiple flashes 2,3 . Many models invoke magnetically powered neutron stars (magnetars) as the source of the emission 4,5 . Recently, the discovery 6 of another repeater (FRB 20200120E) was announced, in the direction of the nearby galaxy M81, with four potential counterparts at other wavelengths 6 . Here we report observations that localized the FRB to a globular cluster associated with M81, where it is 2 parsecs away from the optical centre of the cluster. Globular clusters host old stellar populations, challenging FRB models that invoke young magnetars formed in a core-collapse supernova. We propose instead that FRB 20200120E originates from a highly magnetized neutron star formed either through the accretion-induced collapse of a white dwarf, or the merger of compact stars in a binary system 7 . Compact binaries are efficiently formed inside globular clusters, so a model invoking them could also be responsible for the observed bursts.
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