The survey for pulsars and extragalactic radio bursts - II. new FRB discoveries and their follow-up

S. Bhandari; E. F. Keane; E. D. Barr; A. Jameson; E. Petroff; S. Johnston; M. Bailes; N. D.R. Bhat; M. Burgay; S. Burke-Spolaor; M. Caleb; R. P. Eatough; C. Flynn; J. A. Green; F. Jankowski; M. Kramer; V. Venkatraman Krishnan; V. Morello; A. Possenti; B. Stappers; C. Tiburzi; W. van Straten; I. Andreoni; T. Butterley; P. Chandra; J. Cooke; A. Corongiu; D. M. Coward; V. S. Dhillon; R. Dodson; L. K. Hardy; E. J. Howell; P. Jaroenjittichai; A. Klotz; S. P. Littlefair; T. R. Marsh; M. Mickaliger; T. Muxlow; D. Perrodin; T. Pritchard; U. Sawangwit; T. Terai; N. Tominaga; P. Torne; T. Totani; A. Trois; D. Turpin; Y. Niino; R. W. Wilson; A. Albert; M. André; M. Anghinolfi; G. Anton; M. Ardid; J. J. Aubert; T. Avgitas; B. Baret; J. Barrios-Martí; S. Basa; B. Belhorma; V. Bertin; S. Biagi; R. Bormuth; S. Bourret; M. C. Bouwhuis; H. Brănzas; R. Bruijn; J. Brunner; J. Busto; A. Capone; L. Caramete; J. Carr; S. Celli; R. Cherkaoui El Moursli; T. Chiarusi; M. Circella; J. A.B. Coelho; A. Coleiro; R. Coniglione; H. Costantini; P. Coyle; A. Creusot; A. F. Díaz; A. Deschamps; G. De Bonis; C. Distefano; I. Di Palma; A. Domi; C. Donzaud; D. Dornic; D. Drouhin; T. Eberl; I. El Bojaddaini; N. El Khayati; D. Elsässer; A. Enzenhöfer; A. Ettahiri; F. Fassi; I. Felis; L. A. Fusco; P. Gay; V. Giordano; H. Glotin; T. Gregoire; R. Gracia-Ruiz; K. Graf; S. Hallmann; H. van Haren; A. J. Heijboer; Y. Hello; J. J. Hernández-Rey; J. Hößl; J. Hofestädt; C. Hugon; G. Illuminati; C. W. James; M. de Jong; M. Jongen; M. Kadler; O. Kalekin; U. Katz; D. Kießling; A. Kouchner; M. Kreter; I. Kreykenbohm; V. Kulikovskiy; C. Lachaud; R. Lahmann; D. Lefevre; E. Leonora; S. Loucatos; M. Marcelin; A. Margiotta; A. Marinelli; J. A. Martínez-Mora; R. Mele; K. Melis; T. Michael; P. Migliozzi; A. Moussa; S. Navas; E. Nezri; M. Organokov; G. E. Pavalas; C. Pellegrino; C. Perrina; P. Piattelli; V. Popa; T. Pradier; L. Quinn; C. Racca; G. Riccobene; A. Sánchez-Losa; M. Saldana; I. Salvadori; D. F.E. Samtleben; M. Sanguineti; P. Sapienza; F. Schüssler; C. Sieger; M. Spurio; Th Stolarczyk; M. Taiuti; Y. Tayalati; A. Trovato; D. Turpin; C. Tönnis; B. Vallage; V. Van Elewyck; F. Versari; D. Vivolo; A. Vizzocca; J. Wilms; J. D. Zornoza; J. Zúniga

doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3074

The survey for pulsars and extragalactic radio bursts - II. new FRB discoveries and their follow-up

S. Bhandari^*, E. F. Keane, E. D. Barr, A. Jameson, E. Petroff, S. Johnston, M. Bailes, N. D.R. Bhat, M. Burgay, S. Burke-Spolaor, M. Caleb, R. P. Eatough, C. Flynn, J. A. Green, F. Jankowski, M. Kramer, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, V. Morello, A. Possenti, B. StappersC. Tiburzi, W. van Straten, I. Andreoni, T. Butterley, P. Chandra, J. Cooke, A. Corongiu, D. M. Coward, V. S. Dhillon, R. Dodson, L. K. Hardy, E. J. Howell, P. Jaroenjittichai, A. Klotz, S. P. Littlefair, T. R. Marsh, M. Mickaliger, T. Muxlow, D. Perrodin, T. Pritchard, U. Sawangwit, T. Terai, N. Tominaga, P. Torne, T. Totani, A. Trois, D. Turpin, Y. Niino, R. W. Wilson, A. Albert, M. André, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J. J. Aubert, T. Avgitas, B. Baret, J. Barrios-Martí, S. Basa, B. Belhorma, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, R. Bormuth, S. Bourret, M. C. Bouwhuis, H. Brănzas, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, J. Busto, A. Capone, L. Caramete, J. Carr, S. Celli, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, J. A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, H. Costantini, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, A. F. Díaz, A. Deschamps, G. De Bonis, C. Distefano, I. Di Palma, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, D. Drouhin, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, N. El Khayati, D. Elsässer, A. Enzenhöfer, A. Ettahiri, F. Fassi, I. Felis, L. A. Fusco, P. Gay, V. Giordano, H. Glotin, T. Gregoire, R. Gracia-Ruiz, K. Graf, S. Hallmann, H. van Haren, A. J. Heijboer, Y. Hello, J. J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hößl, J. Hofestädt, C. Hugon, G. Illuminati, C. W. James, M. de Jong, M. Jongen, M. Kadler, O. Kalekin, U. Katz, D. Kießling, A. Kouchner, M. Kreter, I. Kreykenbohm, V. Kulikovskiy, C. Lachaud, R. Lahmann, D. Lefevre, E. Leonora, S. Loucatos, M. Marcelin, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, J. A. Martínez-Mora, R. Mele, K. Melis, T. Michael, P. Migliozzi, A. Moussa, S. Navas, E. Nezri, M. Organokov, G. E. Pavalas, C. Pellegrino, C. Perrina, P. Piattelli, V. Popa, T. Pradier, L. Quinn, C. Racca, G. Riccobene, A. Sánchez-Losa, M. Saldana, I. Salvadori, D. F.E. Samtleben, M. Sanguineti, P. Sapienza, F. Schüssler, C. Sieger, M. Spurio, Th Stolarczyk, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, A. Trovato, D. Turpin, C. Tönnis, B. Vallage, V. Van Elewyck, F. Versari, D. Vivolo, A. Vizzocca, J. Wilms, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúniga

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We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 151206, 151230 and 160102. Our real-time discoveries have enabled us to conduct extensive, rapid multimessenger follow-up at 12 major facilities sensitive to radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray photons and neutrinos on time-scales ranging from an hour to a few months post-burst. No counterparts to the FRBs were found and we provide upper limits on afterglow luminosities. None of the FRBs were seen to repeat. Formal fits to all FRBs show hints of scattering while their intrinsic widths are unresolved in time. FRB 151206 is at low Galactic latitude, FRB 151230 shows a sharp spectral cut-off, and FRB 160102 has the highest dispersion measure (DM = 2596.1 ± 0.3 pc cm^-3) detected to date. Three of the FRBs have high dispersion measures (DM>1500 pc cm^-3), favouring a scenario where theDMis dominated by contributions from the intergalactic medium. The slope of the Parkes FRB source counts distribution with fluences >2 Jyms is α = -2.2^+0.6 _-1.2 and still consistent with a Euclidean distribution (α = -3/2). We also find that the all-sky rate is 1.7^+1.5 _-0.9 × 10³FRBs/(4π sr)/day above ~2 Jy ms and there is currently no strong evidence for a latitude-dependent FRB sky rate.

Original language	English
Article number	stx3074
Pages (from-to)	1427-1446
Number of pages	20
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	475
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3074
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

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Bhandari, S., Keane, E. F., Barr, E. D., Jameson, A., Petroff, E., Johnston, S., Bailes, M., Bhat, N. D. R., Burgay, M., Burke-Spolaor, S., Caleb, M., Eatough, R. P., Flynn, C., Green, J. A., Jankowski, F., Kramer, M., Venkatraman Krishnan, V., Morello, V., Possenti, A., ... Zúniga, J. (2018). The survey for pulsars and extragalactic radio bursts - II. new FRB discoveries and their follow-up. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(2), 1427-1446. Article stx3074. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3074

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AU - Bhandari, S.

AU - Keane, E. F.

AU - Barr, E. D.

AU - Jameson, A.

AU - Petroff, E.

AU - Johnston, S.

AU - Bailes, M.

AU - Bhat, N. D.R.

AU - Burgay, M.

AU - Burke-Spolaor, S.

AU - Caleb, M.

AU - Eatough, R. P.

AU - Flynn, C.

AU - Green, J. A.

AU - Jankowski, F.

AU - Kramer, M.

AU - Venkatraman Krishnan, V.

AU - Morello, V.

AU - Possenti, A.

AU - Stappers, B.

AU - Tiburzi, C.

AU - van Straten, W.

AU - Andreoni, I.

AU - Butterley, T.

AU - Chandra, P.

AU - Cooke, J.

AU - Corongiu, A.

AU - Coward, D. M.

AU - Dhillon, V. S.

AU - Dodson, R.

AU - Hardy, L. K.

AU - Howell, E. J.

AU - Jaroenjittichai, P.

AU - Klotz, A.

AU - Littlefair, S. P.

AU - Marsh, T. R.

AU - Mickaliger, M.

AU - Muxlow, T.

AU - Perrodin, D.

AU - Pritchard, T.

AU - Sawangwit, U.

AU - Terai, T.

AU - Tominaga, N.

AU - Torne, P.

AU - Totani, T.

AU - Trois, A.

AU - Turpin, D.

AU - Niino, Y.

AU - Wilson, R. W.

AU - Albert, A.

AU - André, M.

AU - Anghinolfi, M.

AU - Anton, G.

AU - Ardid, M.

AU - Aubert, J. J.

AU - Avgitas, T.

AU - Baret, B.

AU - Barrios-Martí, J.

AU - Basa, S.

AU - Belhorma, B.

AU - Bertin, V.

AU - Biagi, S.

AU - Bormuth, R.

AU - Bourret, S.

AU - Bouwhuis, M. C.

AU - Brănzas, H.

AU - Bruijn, R.

AU - Brunner, J.

AU - Busto, J.

AU - Capone, A.

AU - Caramete, L.

AU - Carr, J.

AU - Celli, S.

AU - El Moursli, R. Cherkaoui

AU - Chiarusi, T.

AU - Circella, M.

AU - Coelho, J. A.B.

AU - Coleiro, A.

AU - Coniglione, R.

AU - Costantini, H.

AU - Coyle, P.

AU - Creusot, A.

AU - Díaz, A. F.

AU - Deschamps, A.

AU - De Bonis, G.

AU - Distefano, C.

AU - Di Palma, I.

AU - Domi, A.

AU - Donzaud, C.

AU - Dornic, D.

AU - Drouhin, D.

AU - Eberl, T.

AU - El Bojaddaini, I.

AU - El Khayati, N.

AU - Elsässer, D.

AU - Enzenhöfer, A.

AU - Ettahiri, A.

AU - Fassi, F.

AU - Felis, I.

AU - Fusco, L. A.

AU - Gay, P.

AU - Giordano, V.

AU - Glotin, H.

AU - Gregoire, T.

AU - Gracia-Ruiz, R.

AU - Graf, K.

AU - Hallmann, S.

AU - van Haren, H.

AU - Heijboer, A. J.

AU - Hello, Y.

AU - Hernández-Rey, J. J.

AU - Hößl, J.

AU - Hofestädt, J.

AU - Hugon, C.

AU - Illuminati, G.

AU - James, C. W.

AU - de Jong, M.

AU - Jongen, M.

AU - Kadler, M.

AU - Kalekin, O.

AU - Katz, U.

AU - Kießling, D.

AU - Kouchner, A.

AU - Kreter, M.

AU - Kreykenbohm, I.

AU - Kulikovskiy, V.

AU - Lachaud, C.

AU - Lahmann, R.

AU - Lefevre, D.

AU - Leonora, E.

AU - Loucatos, S.

AU - Marcelin, M.

AU - Margiotta, A.

AU - Marinelli, A.

AU - Martínez-Mora, J. A.

AU - Mele, R.

AU - Melis, K.

AU - Michael, T.

AU - Migliozzi, P.

AU - Moussa, A.

AU - Navas, S.

AU - Nezri, E.

AU - Organokov, M.

AU - Pavalas, G. E.

AU - Pellegrino, C.

AU - Perrina, C.

AU - Piattelli, P.

AU - Popa, V.

AU - Pradier, T.

AU - Quinn, L.

AU - Racca, C.

AU - Riccobene, G.

AU - Sánchez-Losa, A.

AU - Saldana, M.

AU - Salvadori, I.

AU - Samtleben, D. F.E.

AU - Sanguineti, M.

AU - Sapienza, P.

AU - Schüssler, F.

AU - Sieger, C.

AU - Spurio, M.

AU - Stolarczyk, Th

AU - Taiuti, M.

AU - Tayalati, Y.

AU - Trovato, A.

AU - Turpin, D.

AU - Tönnis, C.

AU - Vallage, B.

AU - Van Elewyck, V.

AU - Versari, F.

AU - Vivolo, D.

AU - Vizzocca, A.

AU - Wilms, J.

AU - Zornoza, J. D.

AU - Zúniga, J.

PY - 2018/4/1

Y1 - 2018/4/1

N2 - We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 151206, 151230 and 160102. Our real-time discoveries have enabled us to conduct extensive, rapid multimessenger follow-up at 12 major facilities sensitive to radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray photons and neutrinos on time-scales ranging from an hour to a few months post-burst. No counterparts to the FRBs were found and we provide upper limits on afterglow luminosities. None of the FRBs were seen to repeat. Formal fits to all FRBs show hints of scattering while their intrinsic widths are unresolved in time. FRB 151206 is at low Galactic latitude, FRB 151230 shows a sharp spectral cut-off, and FRB 160102 has the highest dispersion measure (DM = 2596.1 ± 0.3 pc cm-3) detected to date. Three of the FRBs have high dispersion measures (DM>1500 pc cm-3), favouring a scenario where theDMis dominated by contributions from the intergalactic medium. The slope of the Parkes FRB source counts distribution with fluences >2 Jyms is α = -2.2+0.6 -1.2 and still consistent with a Euclidean distribution (α = -3/2). We also find that the all-sky rate is 1.7+1.5 -0.9 × 103FRBs/(4π sr)/day above ~2 Jy ms and there is currently no strong evidence for a latitude-dependent FRB sky rate.

AB - We report the discovery of four Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) in the ongoing SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts at the Parkes Radio Telescope: FRBs 150610, 151206, 151230 and 160102. Our real-time discoveries have enabled us to conduct extensive, rapid multimessenger follow-up at 12 major facilities sensitive to radio, optical, X-ray, gamma-ray photons and neutrinos on time-scales ranging from an hour to a few months post-burst. No counterparts to the FRBs were found and we provide upper limits on afterglow luminosities. None of the FRBs were seen to repeat. Formal fits to all FRBs show hints of scattering while their intrinsic widths are unresolved in time. FRB 151206 is at low Galactic latitude, FRB 151230 shows a sharp spectral cut-off, and FRB 160102 has the highest dispersion measure (DM = 2596.1 ± 0.3 pc cm-3) detected to date. Three of the FRBs have high dispersion measures (DM>1500 pc cm-3), favouring a scenario where theDMis dominated by contributions from the intergalactic medium. The slope of the Parkes FRB source counts distribution with fluences >2 Jyms is α = -2.2+0.6 -1.2 and still consistent with a Euclidean distribution (α = -3/2). We also find that the all-sky rate is 1.7+1.5 -0.9 × 103FRBs/(4π sr)/day above ~2 Jy ms and there is currently no strong evidence for a latitude-dependent FRB sky rate.

KW - Intergalactic medium

KW - Methods: Data analysis

KW - Methods: Observational

KW - Radiation mechanisms: General

KW - Radio continuum: General

KW - Surveys

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041360199&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stx3074

DO - 10.1093/mnras/stx3074

M3 - Article

SN - 0035-8711

VL - 475

SP - 1427

EP - 1446

JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

IS - 2

M1 - stx3074

ER -

The survey for pulsars and extragalactic radio bursts - II. new FRB discoveries and their follow-up

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