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A fast radio burst source at a complex magnetized site in a barred galaxy

Heng Xu ^{1, 2, 3}

J. R. Niu ^{2, 4}

P. chen ^{1, 3, 5}

Kejia Lee ^{1, 2}

Weiwei Zhu ²

S. Dong ¹

Binbin Zhang ^{6, 7}

J.C. Jiang ^{1, 2, 3}

B.J Wang ^{1, 2, 3}

J-W. Xu ^{1, 2, 3}

C. F. Zhang ^{1, 2, 3}

H. Fu ⁸

Alexei V. Filippenko ⁹

E. W. Peng ^{1, 3}

D. J. Zhou ^{2, 4}

Y. K. ZHANG ^{2, 4}

P. Wang ²

Y. Feng ^{2, 10}

Y Li ¹¹

T. G. Brink ⁹

Dongzi Li ¹²

Wenbin Lu ¹³

Yuan-Pei Yang ¹⁴

R N Caballero ¹

C. Cai ¹⁵

M. Z. Chen ¹⁶

Z. G. Dai ¹⁷

S. G. Djorgovski ¹⁸

A. Esamdin ¹⁶

H Q Gan ²

Puragra Guhathakurta ¹⁹

J. L. Han ²

L. F. Hao ²⁰

Y. X. Huang ²⁰

P. Jiang ²

Cheng-Kui Li ¹⁵

Di Li ^{2, 21}

H Li ²

X. Q. Li ¹⁵

Z. X. Li ²⁰

Z. Y. Liu ¹⁶

R. Luo ²²

Y P Men ²³

C H Niu ²

W. X. Peng ¹⁵

Lei Qian ²

Song Lv ¹⁵

D. Stern ²⁴

A. Stockton ²⁵

J H Sun ²

F. Y. Wang ²⁶

M Wang ²⁰

N. Wang ¹⁶

W. Y. WANG ³

X. F. Wu ¹¹

S Xiao ¹⁵

Shao-Lin Xiong ¹⁵

Y. H. Xu ²⁰

R. X. Xu ^{1, 3, 27}

J. Yang ²⁶

X. Yang ¹¹

R yao ²

Q. B. Yi ¹⁵

Y. L. Yue ²

D.J. Yu ²

Wenfei Yu ²⁸

J. P. Yuan ¹⁶

B. B. Zhang ^{26, 29}

S. B. Zhang ¹¹

Shaofei Zhang ¹⁵

Y. Zhao ¹⁵

W. K. Zheng ⁹

Y. Zhu ²

J. H. Zou ^{26, 30}

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Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China |

National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China |

Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China |

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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China |

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Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |

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Nevada Center for Astrophysics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA |

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA |

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Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA |

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Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, P. R. China |

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Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, P. R. China |

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TAPIR, Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA |

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Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, USA |

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South-Western Institute For Astronomy Research, Yunnan University, Kunming, P. R. China |

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Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China |

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Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, P. R. China |

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University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China |

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

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UCO/Lick Observatory, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA |

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Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China |

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Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, P. R. China |

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CSIRO Space and Astronomy, Epping, Australia |

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Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany |

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

California Institute of Technology

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA |

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School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P. R. China |

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State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China |

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Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, P. R. China |

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Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing, P. R. China |

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College of Physics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, P. R. China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-09-21

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05071-8

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Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are highly dispersed, millisecond-duration radio bursts1–3. Recent observations of a Galactic FRB4–8 suggest that at least some FRBs originate from magnetars, but the origin of cosmological FRBs is still not settled. Here we report the detection of 1,863 bursts in 82 h over 54 days from the repeating source FRB 20201124A (ref. 9). These observations show irregular short-time variation of the Faraday rotation measure (RM), which scrutinizes the density-weighted line-of-sight magnetic field strength, of individual bursts during the first 36 days, followed by a constant RM. We detected circular polarization in more than half of the burst sample, including one burst reaching a high fractional circular polarization of 75%. Oscillations in fractional linear and circular polarizations, as well as polarization angle as a function of wavelength, were detected. All of these features provide evidence for a complicated, dynamically evolving, magnetized immediate environment within about an astronomical unit (au; Earth–Sun distance) of the source. Our optical observations of its Milky-Way-sized, metal-rich host galaxy10–12 show a barred spiral, with the FRB source residing in a low-stellar-density interarm region at an intermediate galactocentric distance. This environment is inconsistent with a young magnetar engine formed during an extreme explosion of a massive star that resulted in a long gamma-ray burst or superluminous supernova. Analysis of a set of 1,863 bursts from the repeating source FRB 20201124A provides evidence of a complicated magnetized site within about an astronomical unit from the source in a barred galaxy.

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AU - Zhang, Binbin

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AU - Wang, B.J

AU - Xu, J-W.

AU - Zhang, C. F.

AU - Fu, H.

AU - Filippenko, Alexei V.

AU - Peng, E. W.

AU - Zhou, D. J.

AU - ZHANG, Y. K.

AU - Wang, P.

AU - Feng, Y.

AU - Li, Y

AU - Brink, T. G.

AU - Li, Dongzi

AU - Lu, Wenbin

AU - Yang, Yuan-Pei

AU - Caballero, R N

AU - Cai, C.

AU - Chen, M. Z.

AU - Dai, Z. G.

AU - Djorgovski, S. G.

AU - Esamdin, A.

AU - Gan, H Q

AU - Guhathakurta, Puragra

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AU - Hao, L. F.

AU - Huang, Y. X.

AU - Jiang, P.

AU - Li, Cheng-Kui

AU - Li, Di

AU - Li, H

AU - Li, X. Q.

AU - Li, Z. X.

AU - Liu, Z. Y.

AU - Luo, R.

AU - Men, Y P

AU - Niu, C H

AU - Peng, W. X.

AU - Qian, Lei

AU - Lv, Song

AU - Stern, D.

AU - Stockton, A.

AU - Sun, J H

AU - Wang, F. Y.

AU - Wang, M

AU - Wang, N.

AU - WANG, W. Y.

AU - Wu, X. F.

AU - Xiao, S

AU - Xiong, Shao-Lin

AU - Xu, Y. H.

AU - Xu, R. X.

AU - Yang, J.

AU - Yang, X.

AU - yao, R

AU - Yi, Q. B.

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AU - Yu, D.J.

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AU - Zheng, W. K.

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@article{2022_Xu,

author = {Heng Xu and J. R. Niu and P. chen and Kejia Lee and Weiwei Zhu and S. Dong and Binbin Zhang and J.C. Jiang and B.J Wang and J-W. Xu and C. F. Zhang and H. Fu and Alexei V. Filippenko and E. W. Peng and D. J. Zhou and Y. K. ZHANG and P. Wang and Y. Feng and Y Li and T. G. Brink and Dongzi Li and Wenbin Lu and Yuan-Pei Yang and R N Caballero and C. Cai and M. Z. Chen and Z. G. Dai and S. G. Djorgovski and A. Esamdin and H Q Gan and Puragra Guhathakurta and J. L. Han and L. F. Hao and Y. X. Huang and P. Jiang and Cheng-Kui Li and Di Li and H Li and X. Q. Li and Z. X. Li and Z. Y. Liu and R. Luo and Y P Men and C H Niu and W. X. Peng and Lei Qian and Song Lv and D. Stern and A. Stockton and J H Sun and others},

title = {A fast radio burst source at a complex magnetized site in a barred galaxy},

journal = {Nature},

year = {2022},

volume = {609},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {sep},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05071-8},

number = {7928},

pages = {685--688},

doi = {10.1038/s41586-022-05071-8}

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Xu, Heng, et al. “A fast radio burst source at a complex magnetized site in a barred galaxy.” Nature, vol. 609, no. 7928, Sep. 2022, pp. 685-688. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05071-8.

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