Dense magnetized plasma associated with a fast radio burst

Kiyoshi Masui (), Hsiu-Hsien Lin, Jonathan Sievers, Christopher J. Anderson, Tzu-Ching Chang, Xuelei Chen, Apratim Ganguly, Miranda Jarvis, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Yi-Chao Li, Yu-Wei Liao, Maura McLaughlin, Ue-Li Pen, Jeffrey B. Peterson, Alexander Roman, Peter T. Timbie, Tabitha Voytek and Jaswant K. Yadav
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Kiyoshi Masui: University of British Columbia
Hsiu-Hsien Lin: McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan Sievers: Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Christopher J. Anderson: University of Wisconsin
Tzu-Ching Chang: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astro-Math Building, AS/NTU 1, Section 4
Xuelei Chen: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science
Apratim Ganguly: Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Miranda Jarvis: University of Toronto
Cheng-Yu Kuo: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astro-Math Building, AS/NTU 1, Section 4
Yi-Chao Li: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science
Yu-Wei Liao: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11F Astro-Math Building, AS/NTU 1, Section 4
Maura McLaughlin: West Virginia University
Ue-Li Pen: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Program in Cosmology and Gravity
Jeffrey B. Peterson: McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University
Alexander Roman: McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University
Peter T. Timbie: University of Wisconsin
Tabitha Voytek: McWilliams Center for Cosmology, Carnegie Mellon University
Jaswant K. Yadav: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Knowledge City

Nature, 2015, vol. 528, issue 7583, 523-525

Abstract: Fast radio burst FRB 110523, discovered in archival data, reveals Faraday rotation and scattering that suggests dense magnetized plasma near the source; this means that to infer the source of the burst, models should involve young stellar populations such as magnetars.

Date: 2015
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