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Effects of localisation precision on identified fast radio burst host galaxy magnitudes

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-02-25 v1

Abstract

We study the potential bias in the identification of fast radio burst (FRB) host galaxies due to radio localisation uncertainty. Using a sample of FRBs localised to typically 0.5'' by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), we artificially increase the localisation uncertainty up to 10'', and re-run the Probabalistic Association of Transients to their Hosts (PATH) algorithm to determine the most likely host galaxy. We do not find evidence of a significant change in identified hosts until the localisation precision is worsened to 2'' or greater.

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@article{arxiv.2502.16791,
  title  = {Effects of localisation precision on identified fast radio burst host galaxy magnitudes},
  author = {Clancy W. James and J. Xavier Prochaska and Apurba Bera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.16791},
  year   = {2025}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure, Submitted to RNAAS