An extreme magneto-ionic environment associated with the fast radio burst source FRB 121102

D. Michilli, A. Seymour, J. W. T. Hessels (), L. G. Spitler, V. Gajjar, A. M. Archibald, G. C. Bower, S. Chatterjee, J. M. Cordes, K. Gourdji, G. H. Heald, V. M. Kaspi, C. J. Law, C. Sobey, E. A. K. Adams, C. G. Bassa, S. Bogdanov, C. Brinkman, P. Demorest, F. Fernandez, G. Hellbourg, T. J. W. Lazio, R. S. Lynch, N. Maddox, B. Marcote, M. A. McLaughlin, Z. Paragi, S. M. Ransom, P. Scholz, A. P. V. Siemion, S. P. Tendulkar, P. Van Rooy, R. S. Wharton and D. Whitlow
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D. Michilli: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
A. Seymour: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory
J. W. T. Hessels: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
L. G. Spitler: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
V. Gajjar: Space Science Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California
A. M. Archibald: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
G. C. Bower: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
S. Chatterjee: Cornell University, Ithaca
J. M. Cordes: Cornell University, Ithaca
K. Gourdji: Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam
G. H. Heald: CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
V. M. Kaspi: McGill University
C. J. Law: University of California
C. Sobey: CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
E. A. K. Adams: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
C. G. Bassa: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
S. Bogdanov: Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University
C. Brinkman: University of Vermont, Burlington
P. Demorest: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
F. Fernandez: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory
G. Hellbourg: University of California
T. J. W. Lazio: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
R. S. Lynch: Green Bank Observatory
N. Maddox: ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
B. Marcote: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
M. A. McLaughlin: Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, Chestnut Ridge Research Building
Z. Paragi: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
S. M. Ransom: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
P. Scholz: National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
A. P. V. Siemion: University of California
S. P. Tendulkar: McGill University
P. Van Rooy: Case Western Reserve University
R. S. Wharton: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
D. Whitlow: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory

Nature, 2018, vol. 553, issue 7687, 182-185

Abstract: Polarimetric observations of the repeating fast radio burst source FRB 121102 suggest that the bursts may originate from a neutron star in the extreme magneto-ionic environment of an accreting massive black hole or supernova remnant.

Date: 2018
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