A direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host

S. Chatterjee (), C. J. Law, R. S. Wharton, S. Burke-Spolaor, J. W. T. Hessels, G. C. Bower, J. M. Cordes, S. P. Tendulkar, C. G. Bassa, P. Demorest, B. J. Butler, A. Seymour, P. Scholz, M. W. Abruzzo, S. Bogdanov, V. M. Kaspi, A. Keimpema, T. J. W. Lazio, B. Marcote, M. A. McLaughlin, Z. Paragi, S. M. Ransom, M. Rupen, L. G. Spitler and H. J. van Langevelde
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S. Chatterjee: Cornell University
C. J. Law: University of California
R. S. Wharton: Cornell University
S. Burke-Spolaor: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
J. W. T. Hessels: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
G. C. Bower: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
J. M. Cordes: Cornell University
S. P. Tendulkar: McGill University
C. G. Bassa: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
P. Demorest: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
B. J. Butler: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
A. Seymour: Arecibo Observatory
P. Scholz: National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
M. W. Abruzzo: Haverford College
S. Bogdanov: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
V. M. Kaspi: McGill University
A. Keimpema: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
T. J. W. Lazio: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
B. Marcote: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
M. A. McLaughlin: West Virginia University
Z. Paragi: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
S. M. Ransom: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
M. Rupen: National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
L. G. Spitler: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
H. J. van Langevelde: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC

Nature, 2017, vol. 541, issue 7635, 58-61

Abstract: Subarcsecond localization of the repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 shows that its source is co-located with a faint galaxy with a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus, or a previously unknown type of extragalactic source.

Date: 2017
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