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A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster

Franz Kirsten ^{1, 2}

B. Marcote ³

K. Nimmo ^{2, 4}

Jason W. T. Hessels ^{2, 4}

M. Bhardwaj ^{5, 6}

S P Tendulkar ^{7, 8}

A. Keimpema ³

J. Yang ¹

M. P. Snelders ⁴

Paul Scholz ⁹

Aaron B. Pearlman ^{5, 6, 10}

C. J. Law ^{11, 12}

W. M. Peters ¹³

F. Giordano ¹⁴

Z. Paragi ³

Cees Bassa ²

D. M. Hewitt ⁴

U. Bach ¹⁵

Vladislavs Bezrukovs ¹⁶

Marta Burgay ¹⁷

S T Buttaccio ¹⁸

J. E. Conway ¹

A. Corongiu ¹⁷

R Feiler ¹⁹

O Forssén ¹

M. P. Gawroński ¹⁹

Ramesh Karuppusamy ¹⁵

M. A. Kharinov ²⁰

M Lindqvist ¹

G. Maccaferri ¹⁴

A. Melnikov ²⁰

O. S. Ould-Boukattine ⁴

A. Possenti ^{17, 21}

G. Surcis ¹⁷

N. Wang ²²

J. Yuan ²²

Kshitij Aggarwal ^{23, 24}

R Anna Thomas ^{23, 24}

G. C. Bower ²⁵

R. Blaauw ²

S. Burke-Spolaor ^{23, 24, 26}

Tomas Cassanelli ^{9, 27}

T. E. Clarke ¹³

Emmanuel Fonseca ^{5, 6, 23, 24}

B. M. Gaensler ^{9, 27}

A. Gopinath ⁴

V. M. Kaspi ^{5, 6}

Namir E. Kassim ¹³

T. J. W. Lazio ²⁸

Calvin Leung ^{29, 30}

Dongzi Li ¹¹

H. Lin ^{31, 32}

Kiyoshi Masui ^{29, 30}

R Mckinven ⁹

Daniele Michilli ^{5, 6, 29, 30}

A. Mikhailov ²⁰

C. Ng ⁹

A. Orbidans ¹⁶

Ue-Li Pen ^{9, 26, 31, 32, 33}

Emily Petroff ^{4, 5, 6}

M. Rahman ³⁴

Scott M. Ransom ³⁵

K. Shin ^{29, 30}

K. M. Smith ³³

I H Stairs ³⁶

W. H. T. Vlemmings ¹

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Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Onsala, Sweden |

ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands |

Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands |

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Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |

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Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |

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Mcgill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |

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Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India |

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National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India |

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Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |

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Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA |

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Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA |

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Owens Valley Radio Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA |

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Remote Sensing Division, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA |

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Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto di Radioastronomia, Bologna, Italy |

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Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany |

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Engineering Research Institute Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (ERI VIRAC), Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (VUAS), Ventspils, Latvia |

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Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Selargius, Italy

National Institute for Astrophysics

Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari

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Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto di Radioastronomia Radiotelescopio di Noto, Noto, Italy |

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Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland |

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Institute of applied astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia |

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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy |

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Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Urumqi, China |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA |

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Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA |

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Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Hilo, USA |

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Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, Toronto, Canada |

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David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

California Institute of Technology

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA |

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Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA |

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Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |

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Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan |

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Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada |

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Sidrat Research, Toronto, Canada |

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, USA |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-02-23

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Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are flashes of unknown physical origin1. The majority of FRBs have been seen only once, although some are known to generate multiple flashes2,3. Many models invoke magnetically powered neutron stars (magnetars) as the source of the emission4,5. Recently, the discovery6 of another repeater (FRB 20200120E) was announced, in the direction of the nearby galaxy M81, with four potential counterparts at other wavelengths6. Here we report observations that localized the FRB to a globular cluster associated with M81, where it is 2 parsecs away from the optical centre of the cluster. Globular clusters host old stellar populations, challenging FRB models that invoke young magnetars formed in a core-collapse supernova. We propose instead that FRB 20200120E originates from a highly magnetized neutron star formed either through the accretion-induced collapse of a white dwarf, or the merger of compact stars in a binary system7. Compact binaries are efficiently formed inside globular clusters, so a model invoking them could also be responsible for the observed bursts. The fast radio burst FRB 20200120E is shown to originate from a globular cluster in the galaxy M81, and may be a collapsed white dwarf or a merged compact binary star system.

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DO - 10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w

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TI - A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster

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AU - Kirsten, Franz

AU - Marcote, B.

AU - Nimmo, K.

AU - Hessels, Jason W. T.

AU - Bhardwaj, M.

AU - Tendulkar, S P

AU - Keimpema, A.

AU - Yang, J.

AU - Snelders, M. P.

AU - Scholz, Paul

AU - Pearlman, Aaron B.

AU - Law, C. J.

AU - Peters, W. M.

AU - Giordano, F.

AU - Paragi, Z.

AU - Bassa, Cees

AU - Hewitt, D. M.

AU - Bach, U.

AU - Bezrukovs, Vladislavs

AU - Burgay, Marta

AU - Buttaccio, S T

AU - Conway, J. E.

AU - Corongiu, A.

AU - Feiler, R

AU - Forssén, O

AU - Gawroński, M. P.

AU - Karuppusamy, Ramesh

AU - Kharinov, M. A.

AU - Lindqvist, M

AU - Maccaferri, G.

AU - Melnikov, A.

AU - Ould-Boukattine, O. S.

AU - Possenti, A.

AU - Surcis, G.

AU - Wang, N.

AU - Yuan, J.

AU - Aggarwal, Kshitij

AU - Anna Thomas, R

AU - Bower, G. C.

AU - Blaauw, R.

AU - Burke-Spolaor, S.

AU - Cassanelli, Tomas

AU - Clarke, T. E.

AU - Fonseca, Emmanuel

AU - Gaensler, B. M.

AU - Gopinath, A.

AU - Kaspi, V. M.

AU - Kassim, Namir E.

AU - Lazio, T. J. W.

AU - Leung, Calvin

AU - Li, Dongzi

AU - Lin, H.

AU - Masui, Kiyoshi

AU - Mckinven, R

AU - Michilli, Daniele

AU - Mikhailov, A.

AU - Ng, C.

AU - Orbidans, A.

AU - Pen, Ue-Li

AU - Petroff, Emily

AU - Rahman, M.

AU - Ransom, Scott M.

AU - Shin, K.

AU - Smith, K. M.

AU - Stairs, I H

AU - Vlemmings, W. H. T.

PY - 2022

DA - 2022/02/23

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 585-589

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@article{2022_Kirsten,

author = {Franz Kirsten and B. Marcote and K. Nimmo and Jason W. T. Hessels and M. Bhardwaj and S P Tendulkar and A. Keimpema and J. Yang and M. P. Snelders and Paul Scholz and Aaron B. Pearlman and C. J. Law and W. M. Peters and F. Giordano and Z. Paragi and Cees Bassa and D. M. Hewitt and U. Bach and Vladislavs Bezrukovs and Marta Burgay and S T Buttaccio and J. E. Conway and A. Corongiu and R Feiler and O Forssén and M. P. Gawroński and Ramesh Karuppusamy and M. A. Kharinov and M Lindqvist and G. Maccaferri and A. Melnikov and O. S. Ould-Boukattine and A. Possenti and G. Surcis and N. Wang and J. Yuan and Kshitij Aggarwal and R Anna Thomas and G. C. Bower and R. Blaauw and S. Burke-Spolaor and Tomas Cassanelli and T. E. Clarke and Emmanuel Fonseca and B. M. Gaensler and A. Gopinath and V. M. Kaspi and Namir E. Kassim and T. J. W. Lazio and Calvin Leung and others},

title = {A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster},

journal = {Nature},

year = {2022},

volume = {602},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {feb},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w},

number = {7898},

pages = {585--589},

doi = {10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w}

}

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Kirsten, Franz, et al. “A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster.” Nature, vol. 602, no. 7898, Feb. 2022, pp. 585-589. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04354-w.

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