The host galaxy of a fast radio burst

E. F. Keane (), S. Johnston, S. Bhandari, E. Barr, N. D. R. Bhat, M. Burgay, M. Caleb, C. Flynn, A. Jameson, M. Kramer, E. Petroff, A. Possenti, W. van Straten, M. Bailes, S. Burke-Spolaor, R. P. Eatough, B. W. Stappers, T. Totani, Masayoshi Honma, H. Furusawa, T. Hattori, T. Morokuma, Y. Niino, H. Sugai, T. Terai, N. Tominaga, S. Yamasaki, N. Yasuda, R. Allen, J. Cooke, J. Jencson, M. M. Kasliwal, D. L. Kaplan, S. J. Tingay, A. Williams, R. Wayth, P. Chandra, D. Perrodin, M. Berezina, M. Mickaliger and C. Bassa
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E. F. Keane: Square Kilometre Array Organisation, Jodrell Bank Observatory
S. Johnston: Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility
S. Bhandari: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
E. Barr: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
N. D. R. Bhat: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
M. Burgay: Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari
M. Caleb: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
C. Flynn: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
A. Jameson: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
M. Kramer: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR)
E. Petroff: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
A. Possenti: Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari
W. van Straten: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
M. Bailes: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
S. Burke-Spolaor: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
R. P. Eatough: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR)
B. W. Stappers: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
T. Totani: the University of Tokyo
H. Furusawa: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2 Chome-21-1 Osawa
T. Hattori: Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A’ohoku Place
T. Morokuma: Institute of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-21-1 Osawa
Y. Niino: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2 Chome-21-1 Osawa
H. Sugai: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo
T. Terai: Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A’ohoku Place
N. Tominaga: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo
S. Yamasaki: the University of Tokyo
N. Yasuda: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo
R. Allen: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
J. Cooke: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
J. Jencson: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology
M. M. Kasliwal: Cahill Center for Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology
D. L. Kaplan: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
S. J. Tingay: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
A. Williams: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University
R. Wayth: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
P. Chandra: National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune University Campus
D. Perrodin: Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)—Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari
M. Berezina: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR)
M. Mickaliger: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
C. Bassa: ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7591, 453-456

Abstract: Observations of a six-day-long radio transient following a fast radio burst have yielded the host galaxy’s redshift, which, combined with the dispersion measure, provides a direct measurement of the cosmic density of ionized baryons in the intergalactic medium including all of the so-called ‘missing baryons’.

Date: 2016
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