Upper Field Strength Limit of Fast Radio Bursts
arXiv:2112.10964 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac5e2f
Abstract
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are cosmological radio transients with unclear generation mechanism. Known characteristics such as their luminosity, duration, spectrum and repetition rate, etc. suggest that FRBs are powerful coherent radio signals at GHz frequencies, but the status of FRBs near source remain unknown. As an extreme astronomical event, FRBs should be accompanied by energy -- comparable or even more powerful x/γ-ray counterparts. Here, particle-in-cell simulations of ultra-strong GHz radio pulse interaction with GeV photons show that at 3*10^12V/cm field-strengths, quantum cascade can generate dense pair plasmas, which greatly dampen the radio pulse. Thus, in the presence of GeV photons in the source region, GHz radio pulses stronger than 3*10^12V/cm cannot escape. This result indicates an upper field-strength limit of FRB at the source.
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