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Assuming: fast radio bursts (FRBs) are produced by neutron stars at cosmological distances; FRB rate tracks core-collapse supernova rate; and all FRBs repeat with a universal energy distribution function (EDF) dN/dE ~ E^(-beta) with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-18 Wenbin Lu , Pawan Kumar

We study the statistical property of fast radio bursts (FRBs) based on a selected sample of 190 one-off FRBs in the first CHIME/FRB catalog. Three power law models are used in the analysis, and we find the cumulative distribution functions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-13 Zi-Han Wang , Yu Sang , Xue Zhang

The engines that produce extragalactic fast radio bursts (FRBs), and the mechanism by which the emission is generated, remain unknown. Many FRB models predict prompt multi-wavelength counterparts, which can be used to refine our knowledge…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-22 Ge Chen , Vikram Ravi , Wenbin Lu

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are enigmatic millisecond-duration radio transients whose physical origins remain debated. To shed light on this, we analyze the CHIME/FRB Catalog 2. By using the probability distribution of dispersion measured (DM)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-30 X. D. Jia , D. H. Gao , J. H. Chen , Q. Wu , S. X. Yi , F. Y. Wang

A bright radio burst was newly discovered in SGR 1935+2154, which exhibit some FRB-like temporal- and frequency-properties, suggesting a neutron star (NS)/magnetar magnetospheric origin of FRBs. We propose an explanation of the temporal-…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-26 Wei-Yang Wang , Renxin Xu , Xuelei Chen

In recent years, the CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) interferometer has revealed a large number of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), including a sizable population that demonstrates repeating behavior. This transit facility,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-12 Kyle McGregor , Duncan R. Lorimer

The production mechanism of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) is still a mystery, and correlations between burst occurrence times and energies may provide important clues to elucidate it. While time correlation studies of FRBs have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-24 Tomonori Totani , Yuya Tsuzuki

We discuss possible association of fast radio bursts (FRBs) with supergiant pulses emitted by young pulsars (ages $\sim$ tens to hundreds of years) born with regular magnetic field but very short -- few milliseconds -- spin periods. FRBs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Maxim Lyutikov , Lukasz Burzawa , Sergei B. Popov

The persistent radio source (PRS) associated with FRB 20121102A, the first precisely localized repeating fast radio burst (FRB), provides key constraints on both its local environment and the nature of the underlying FRB engine. We present…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-01 Mohit Bhardwaj , Arvind Balasubramanian , Yasha Kaushal , Shriharsh P. Tendulkar

The repeating FRB 121102, the only FRB with an accurately determined position, is associated with a variable persistent radio source consistent with a low luminosity active galactic nucleus. I suggest that FRB originate in the accretion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 J. I. Katz

Fast radio burst (FRB) is a type of extragalactic radio signal characterized by millisecond duration, extremely high brightness temperature, and large dispersion measure. It remains a mystery in the universe. Advancements in instrumentation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-23 Qin Wu , Fa-Yin Wang

Telescope Array (TA) experiment has recorded \cite{Abbasi:2017rvx,Okuda_2019} several short time bursts of air shower like events. These bursts are very distinct from conventional single showers, and are found to be strongly correlated with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-12-18 Ariel Zhitnitsky

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are highly energetic radio pulses from cosmological origins. Despite an abundance of detections, their nature remains elusive. At least a subset of FRBs is expected to repeat, as the daily FRB rate surpasses that of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-04 Julian B. Muñoz , Vikram Ravi , Abraham Loeb

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are a mysterious astrophysical phenomenon of bright pulses emitted at radio frequencies, and they are expected to be frequently detected in the future. The dispersion measures of FRBs are related to cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-10 Ze-Wei Zhao , Zheng-Xiang Li , Jing-Zhao Qi , He Gao , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are transient intense radio pulses with duration of milliseconds. Although the first FRB was detected more than a decade ago, the progenitors of these energetic events are not yet known. The currently preferred…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Esha Kundu , Lilia Ferrario

The detection of five new fast radio bursts (FRBs) found in the High Time Resolution Universe high latitude survey is presented. The rate implied is 6$^{+4}_{-3}\times~10^3$ (95%) FRBs sky$^{-1}$ day$^{-1}$ above a fluence of between 0.13…

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration radio pulses with largely unknown origins, with a subset exhibiting repeating behavior. Magnetars highly magnetized neutron stars and a leading progenitor candidate for FRBs also produce…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-12 Ellen C. C. Lin , Shotaro Yamasaki , Tomotsugu Goto , Tetsuya Hashimoto

The origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) is still a mystery. One model proposed to interpret the only known repeating object, FRB 121102, is that the radio emission is generated from asteroids colliding with a highly magnetized neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 Jeremy L. Smallwood , Rebecca G. Martin , Bing Zhang

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), like pulsars, display radio emission from compact regions such that they can be treated as point sources. As this radiation propagates through space, they encounter sources of lensing such as a gravitational field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-11 Zarif Kader , Matt Dobbs , Calvin Leung , Kiyoshi W. Masui , Mawson W. Sammons

Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) and long gamma ray bursts (LGRBs) have been proposed as progenitors of repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). In this scenario, bursts originate from the interaction between a young magnetar and its surrounding…