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Fast Afterglows of Fast Radio Bursts

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2021-06-18 v1

Abstract

The main FRB event may leave behind a clump of relativistic plasma with high ``free energy'' density. As the plasma undergoes collisionless relaxation, it emits coherent electromagnetic waves. These electromagnetic waves may be observable as a fast radio afterglow, with decreasing frequency and intensity. We demonstrate the fast coherent afterglow in a numerical experiment. We tentatively predict the peak afterglow frequency decreasing with time as νt3/2\nu \propto t^{-3/2}.

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@article{arxiv.2106.09540,
  title  = {Fast Afterglows of Fast Radio Bursts},
  author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.09540},
  year   = {2021}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures