A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance
Abstract
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are flashes of radio emission from distant astronomical sources. Two FRBs are known to have repeated, but most last just a few milliseconds and are never seen again. Most telescopes that are sensitive to single FRBs have poor angular resolutions, so the FRB host galaxies remain unknown. Bannister et al. used a dedicated observing mode on a radio interferometer to detect and localize the nonrepeating FRB 180924, then followed up with optical telescope observations (see the Perspective by Petroff). They found that the FRB came from a medium-sized galaxy at a cosmological distance. Localizing FRBs will help determine their causes and allow them to be used as cosmological probes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 09, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aaw5903
Entities
People
- Aaron Chippendale
- Adam Deller
- Adam Macleod
- Alyssa Brown
- Bärbel Koribalski
- C. Flynn
- Carol Diane Wilson
- Cherie K. Day
- Chris Phillips
- Clancy James
- D. N. Roxby
- Douglas Bock
- Douglas Hayman
- Elaine Sadler
- Elizabeth Mahony
- Emil Lenc
- F. R. Cooray
- Freya North-Hickey
- Hao Qiu
- J. Xavier Prochaska
- Jean-Pierre Macquart
- John Bunton
- John M. O'Meara
- John Reynolds
- Joseph Burchett
- Keith Bannister
- M. A. Pilawa
- M. Kesteven
- Matthew Kerr
- Matthew McQuinn
- Maxim Voronkov
- Mieke Bouwhuis
- Naomi McClure-Griffiths
- Neeraj Gupta
- Nicolas Tejos
- R. Dodson
- R.-y. Qiao
- Ray P. Norris
- Ronald Ekers
- Russell Bolton
- Ryan M. Shannon
- S. Neuhold
- Shivani Bhandari
- Stefan Oslowski
- Stuart D. Ryder
- Sunil Simha
- Tim Cornwell
- Timothy Bateman
- Timothy Shimwell
- Tommaso Treu
- V. N. Bennert
- Vivian U
- W. R. Arcus
- Wael Farah
Organizations
- ASTRON
- Australian National University
- Australian Research Council
- California Polytechnic State University
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Curtin University
- Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Macquarie University
- NIKHEF
- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
- Swinburne University of Technology
- United States Naval Research Laboratory
- University of California
- University of Sydney
- University of Washington
- University of Western Australia
- W. M. Keck Observatory
- Western Sydney University