3 papers
astro-ph.HE2024
The Sources of Fast Radio Bursts
J. I. Katz
This paper argues that repeating and apparently non-repeating Fast Radio Bursts are distinct classes of events produced by distinct classes of sources. I review the evidence for th…
astro-ph.HE2024
Log-Normal Waiting Time Widths Characterize Dynamics
J. I. Katz
Many astronomical phenomena, including Fast Radio Bursts and Soft Gamma Repeaters, consist of brief, separated, seemingly aperiodic events. The intervals between these events vary…
astro-ph.HE2024
Antiglitch Inconsistent With Magnetar Model of AXP
J. I. Katz
The recently observed antiglitch of AXP 1E 2259+586 is inconsistent with magnetar models, but may be explained as the consequence of sudden accretion of retrograde matter or "prope…