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Clumpy jets from black hole-massive star binaries as engines of Fast Radio Bursts

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2018-12-12 v1

Abstract

We propose a new model of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) based on stellar mass black hole-massive star binaries. We argue that the inhomogeneity of the circumstellar materials or/and the time varying wind activities of the stellar companion will cause the black hole to accrete at a transient super-Eddington rate. The collision among the clumpy ejecta in the resulted jet could trigger plasma instability. As a result, the plasma in the jet will emit coherent curvature radiation. When the jet cone aims toward the observer, the apparent luminosity can be 1041104210^{41}-10^{42}\,erg/s. The duration of the resulted flare is \sim millisecond. The high event rate of the observed non-repeating FRBs can be explained. A similar scenario in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole can be used to explain the interval distribution of the repeating source FRB121102 qualitatively.

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@article{arxiv.1811.11146,
  title  = {Clumpy jets from black hole-massive star binaries as engines of Fast Radio Bursts},
  author = {Shu-Xu Yi and K. S. Cheng and Rui Luo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.11146},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in MNRAS