FRB 121102 Bursts at a Constant Rate per Log Time

Tabor, Elisa and Loeb, Abraham (2020) FRB 121102 Bursts at a Constant Rate per Log Time. The Astrophysical Journal, 902 (1). L17. ISSN 2041-8213

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Abstract

Despite many searches for periodicity in the repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102, the underlying pattern of bursts does not appear to be a periodic one. We report a logarithmic repetition pattern in FRB 121102 in the sense that the rate falls off inversely with time for each set of bursts. This result implies that repeating fast radio burst sources are not necessarily associated with a pulsar, but rather could be caused by a different type of phenomenon that involves an equal amount of energy output per log time.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: GO for STM > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 19 May 2023 06:19
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2024 04:20
URI: http://archive.article4submit.com/id/eprint/860

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