Dissemin is shutting down on January 1st, 2025

Published in

Oxford University Press, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3(524), p. 3303-3313, 2023

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2009

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

High frequency study of FRB 20180916B using the 100-m Effelsberg radio telescope

Journal article published in 2023 by S. Bethapudi ORCID, L. G. Spitler ORCID, R. A. Main ORCID, D. Z. Li ORCID, R. S. Wharton
This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.
This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.

Full text: Unavailable

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Green circle
Published version: archiving allowed
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

ABSTRACT FRB 20180916B is a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) with an activity period of 16.33 d. In previous observations ranging from ∼150−1400 MHz, the activity window was found to be frequency dependent, with lower frequency bursts occurring later. In this work, we present the highest frequency detections of bursts from this FRB, using the 100-m Effelsberg radio telescope at 4−8 GHz. We present the results from two observing campaigns. We performed the first campaign over an entire activity period which resulted in no detections. The second campaign was done in an active window at 4−8 GHz which we predicted from our modelling of chromaticity, resulting in eight burst detections. The bursts were detected in a window of 1.35 d, 3.6 d preceding the activity peak seen by Canadian hydrogen intensity mapping experiment, suggesting the chromaticity extends to higher frequency. The detected bursts have narrower temporal widths and larger spectral widths compared to lower frequencies. All of them have flat polarization position angle sweeps and high polarization fractions. The bursts also exhibit diffractive scintillation due to the Milky Way, following a f3.90 ± 0.05 scaling, and vary significantly over time. We find that burst rate across frequency scales as f−2.6 ± 0.2. Lastly, we examine implications of the frequency dependency on the source models.