FRB emission mechanisms vs. observations
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2022-10-27 v1
Abstract
Presently, it is broadly assumed that fast radio bursts (FRBs) are sources of coherent emission powered by the magnetic energy release in magnetars. However, the exact emission mechanism is not known, yet. Two main frameworks exist: magnetospheric emission and radiation from external relativistic shocks. In this brief review, I describe basics of both approaches and discuss how they are probed by modern observations.
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@article{arxiv.2210.14268,
title = {FRB emission mechanisms vs. observations},
author = {Popov S. B.},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.14268},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
8 pages, invited review at the IAU Symp. 369, Eds. E. Keane et al