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astro-ph.GA2026

The multi-frequency radio light curve of the sub-pc SMBH binary candidate PG 1302-102

Sayan Basu, Roger P. Deane, Keith W. Bannister

Supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) candidates with sub-parsec (sub-pc) orbital separations are rare, high-value systems, thought to be the dominant sources of the recently dete…

astro-ph.HE2026

Two new highly scattered fast radio bursts: evidence for scatter broadening by the circumsource medium

Joscha N. Jahns-Schindler, Keith W. Bannister, Adam T. Deller +17

We found two highly scattered Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) during commissioning of the Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient COherent (CRACO) backend. FRB 240210D and FRB 240312D hav…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

A nanosecond-duration radio pulse originating from the defunct Relay 2 satellite

C. W. James, A. T. Deller, T. Dial +14

We report the detection of a burst of emission over a 695.5 MHz-1031.5 MHz bandwidth by the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, ASKAP. The burst was localised through ana…

astro-ph.GA2025

The Low-mass Dwarf Host Galaxy of Nonrepeating FRB 20230708A

August R. Muller, Alexa C. Gordon, Stuart D. Ryder +19

We present Very Large Telescope/X-Shooter spectroscopy for the host galaxies of 12 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Australian SKA Pathfinder observed through the ``Fast an…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Fast Radio Bursts within their Host Galaxies

Alexa C. Gordon, Wen-fai Fong, Adam T. Deller +23

We present deep optical and near-infrared observations of the host galaxies of 34 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transient (CRAFT) survey o…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 6 cited

High-time-resolution properties of 35 fast radio bursts detected by the Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transients Survey

D. R. Scott, T. Dial, A. Bera +11

We present microsecond-resolution, coherently-dedispersed, polarimetric measurements of 35 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected during the Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transients (C…

astro-ph.HE2024

Unusual intra-burst variations of polarization states in FRB 20210912A and FRB 20230708A : Effects of plasma birefringence?

Apurba Bera, Clancy W. James, Mark M. McKinnon +6

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are highly energetic events of short-duration intense radio emission, the origin of which remains elusive till date. Polarization of the FRB signals carry…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

The CRAFT Coherent (CRACO) upgrade I: System Description and Results of the 110-ms Radio Transient Pilot Survey

Z. Wang, K. W. Bannister, V. Gupta +40

We present the first results from a new backend on the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, the Commensal Realtime ASKAP Fast Transient COherent (CRACO) upgrade. CRACO rec…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

FRB Line-of-sight Ionization Measurement From Lightcone AAOmega Mapping Survey: the First Data Release

Yuxin Huang, Sunil Simha, Ilya Khrykin +12

This paper presents the first public data release (DR1) of the FRB Line-of-sight Ionization Measurement From Lightcone AAOmega Mapping (FLIMFLAM) Survey, a wide field spectroscopic…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

The Fast Radio Burst Population Energy Distribution

W. R. Arcus, C. W. James, R. D. Ekers +11

We examine the energy distribution of the fast radio burst (FRB) population using a well-defined sample of 63 FRBs from the ASKAP radio telescope, 28 of which are localised to a ho…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 9 cited

The impact of the FREDDA dedispersion algorithm on estimations with FRBs

Jordan Hoffmann, Clancy W. James, Hao Qiu +12

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are transient radio signals of extragalactic origins that are subjected to propagation effects such as dispersion and scattering. It follows then that thes…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 40 cited

The Commensal Real-time ASKAP Fast Transient incoherent-sum survey

R. M. Shannon, K. W. Bannister, A. Bera +24

With wide-field phased array feed technology,the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) is ideally suited to search for seemingly rare radio transient sources that ar…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 8 cited

The Curious Case of Twin Fast Radio Bursts: Evidence for Neutron Star Origin?

Apurba Bera, Clancy W. James, Adam T. Deller +9

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brilliant short-duration flashes of radio emission originating at cosmological distances. The vast diversity in the properties of currently known FRBs,…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 37 cited

FLIMFLAM DR1: The First Constraints on the Cosmic Baryon Distribution from 8 FRB sightlines

Ilya S. Khrykin, Metin Ata, Khee-Gan Lee +15

The dispersion measure of fast radio bursts (FRBs), arising from the interactions of the pulses with free electrons along the propagation path, constitutes a unique probe of the co…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

CELEBI: The CRAFT Effortless Localisation and Enhanced Burst Inspection Pipeline

D. R. Scott, H. Cho, C. K. Day +8

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are being detected with increasing regularity. However, their spontaneous and often once-off nature makes high-precision burst position and frequency-time…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 16 cited

Constraining bright optical counterparts of Fast Radio Bursts

C. Nuñez, N. Tejos, G. Pignata +14

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are extremely energetic pulses of millisecond duration and unknown origin. In order to understand the phenomenon that emits these pulses, targeted and unta…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 57 cited

Limits on precursor and afterglow radio emission from a fast radio burst in a star-forming galaxy

Shivani Bhandari, Keith W. Bannister, Emil Lenc +17

We present a new fast radio burst (FRB) at 920 MHz discovered during commensal observations conducted with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) as part of the C…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 117 cited

Spectropolarimetric analysis of FRB 181112 at microsecond resolution: Implications for Fast Radio Burst emission mechanism

Hyerin Cho, Jean-Pierre Macquart, Ryan M. Shannon +14

We have developed a new coherent dedispersion mode to study the emission of Fast Radio Bursts that trigger the voltage capture capability of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) i…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 293 cited

The low density and magnetization of a massive galaxy halo exposed by a fast radio burst

J. Xavier Prochaska, Jean-Pierre Macquart, Matthew McQuinn +16

Present-day galaxies are surrounded by cool and enriched halo gas extending to hundreds of kiloparsecs. This halo gas is thought to be the dominant reservoir of material available…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 63 cited

The Slope of the Source-Count Distribution for Fast Radio Bursts

C. W. James, R. D. Ekers, J. -P. Macquart +2

The slope of the source-count distribution of fast radio burst (FRB) fluences, , has been estimated using a variety of methods. Hampering all attempts have been the low number o…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 60 cited

A search for the host galaxy of FRB171020

Elizabeth K. Mahony, Ron D. Ekers, Jean-Pierre Macquart +11

We report on a search for the host galaxy of FRB171020, the fast radio burst with the smallest recorded dispersion measure (DM pc cm) of our on-ongoing ASKAP survey.…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 134 cited

FRB microstructure revealed by the real-time detection of FRB170827

W. Farah, C. Flynn, M. Bailes +24

We report a new Fast Radio Burst (FRB) discovered in real-time as part of the UTMOST project at the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Radio Telescope (MOST). FRB170827 is the first de…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 822 cited

Illuminating Gravitational Waves: A Concordant Picture of Photons from a Neutron Star Merger

M. M. Kasliwal, E. Nakar, L. P. Singer +78

Merging neutron stars offer an exquisite laboratory for simultaneously studying strong-field gravity and matter in extreme environments. We establish the physical association of an…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 41 cited

Illuminating the past 8 billion years of cold gas towards two gravitationally lensed quasars

J. R. Allison, V. A. Moss, J. -P. Macquart +15

Using the Boolardy Engineering Test Array of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP BETA), we have carried out the first survey for HI and OH absorptio…