A repeating fast radio burst

L. G. Spitler, P. Scholz, J. W. T. Hessels (), S. Bogdanov, A. Brazier, F. Camilo, S. Chatterjee, J. M. Cordes, F. Crawford, J. Deneva, R. D. Ferdman, P. C. C. Freire, V. M. Kaspi, P. Lazarus, R. Lynch, E. C. Madsen, M. A. McLaughlin, C. Patel, S. M. Ransom, A. Seymour, I. H. Stairs, B. W. Stappers, J. van Leeuwen and W. W. Zhu
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L. G. Spitler: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
P. Scholz: McGill University, 3600 University Street
J. W. T. Hessels: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
S. Bogdanov: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
A. Brazier: Cornell University
F. Camilo: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
S. Chatterjee: Cornell University
J. M. Cordes: Cornell University
F. Crawford: Franklin and Marshall College
J. Deneva: National Research Council, Naval Research Laboratory
R. D. Ferdman: McGill University, 3600 University Street
P. C. C. Freire: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
V. M. Kaspi: McGill University, 3600 University Street
P. Lazarus: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
R. Lynch: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
E. C. Madsen: McGill University, 3600 University Street
M. A. McLaughlin: West Virginia University
C. Patel: McGill University, 3600 University Street
S. M. Ransom: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A. Seymour: Arecibo Observatory
I. H. Stairs: McGill University, 3600 University Street
B. W. Stappers: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
J. van Leeuwen: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
W. W. Zhu: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7593, 202-205

Abstract: Observations of repeated fast radio bursts, having dispersion measures and sky positions consistent with those of FRB 121102, show that the signals do not originate in a single cataclysmic event and may come from a young, highly magnetized, extragalactic neutron star.

Date: 2016
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