Keane et al. (2016) have recently reported the discovery of a new fast radio burst, FRB150418, with a promising radio counterpart at 5.5 and 7.5 GHz -- a rapidly decaying source, falling from 200-300 $μ$Jy to 100 $μ$Jy on timescales of $\sim$6 d. This transient source may be associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift $z=0.492$, providing the first firm spectroscopic redshift for a FRB and the ability to estimate the density of baryons in the intergalactic medium via the combination of known redshift and radio dispersion of the FRB. An alternative explanation, first suggested by Williams & Berger (2016b), is that the identified counterpart may instead be a compact AGN. The putative counterpart's variation may then instead be extrinsic, caused by refractive scintillation in the ionized interstellar medium of the Milky Way, which would invalidate the association with FRB150418. We examine this latter explanation in detail and show that the reported observations are consistent with scintillating radio emission from the core of a radio-loud active galactic nucleus (AGN) having a brightness temperature $T_{\rm b} \gtrsim 10^9 {\rm K}$. Using numerical simulations of the expected scattering for the line of sight to FRB150418, we provide example images and light curves of such an AGN at 5.5 and 7.5 GHz. These results can be compared with continued radio monitoring to conclusively determine the importance of scintillation for the observed radio variability, and they show that scintillation is a critical consideration for continued searches for FRB counterparts at radio wavelengths.
Interstellar Scintillation observations for PSR B0355+54
本文报道了我们用\emph{Kunming 40-m radio telescope}连续三个月监测PSR B 0355 $+$ 54在2.25 GHz的脉冲星闪烁现象的研究。我们测量了动态谱、二维关联函数和二级谱。在高信噪比($S/N\ge100$)观测中,我们发现了闪烁弧,这是很少使用这样一个小的望远镜观测。闪烁弧的亚微秒尺度宽度表明,散射屏上结构的横向尺度与AU尺寸一样紧凑。我们的监测还表明PSR B 0355 $+$ 54的闪烁带宽、时标和弧曲率随时间变化。合理的解释将需要调用多散射屏或多散射结构的情况下,不同的屏幕或射线路径主导的闪烁过程在不同的时期。
Interstellar scintillation and polarization of PSR B0656+14 in the Monogem Ring
利用500米口径球面射电望远镜(FAST)对PSR~ B 0656 +14进行了一年三个历元的高灵敏度星际闪烁和偏振观测,结果表明PSR ~ B 0656 +14的散射主要由两个不同的致密区组成。我们将离脉冲星较近的那颗星与Monogem环的壳层联系在一起,从而证实了这种联系。另一个可能与本地泡沫有关。我们发现,所观察到的位置角的脉冲星自旋轴和空间速度是显着不同的,与$19\fdg3\pm$ 0 \fdg 8,不符合以前发表的接近完美的对齐$1\degr\pm 2\degr$的分离。在二次谱中,两个独立的散射区域被清楚地定义,显示出两个强的前向抛物弧。弧曲率表明,外弧和内弧对应的散射屏分别位于距PSR B 0656 +14约28秒差距和距地球约185秒差距处。所观察到的多普勒轮廓与电磁模拟的比较表明,这两个散射区域是温和的各向异性。对于外弧,我们估计的各向异性$A_R$约为1.3,与平行的脉冲星速度的散射不规则性对齐。对于外弧,我们比较所观察到的延迟配置文件与延迟配置文件计算从理论上的强散射模型。我们的结果表明,在Monogem环的散射不规则性的空间谱是平坦的比Kolmogorov,但需要进一步的观察来证实这一点。
The Interstellar Scintillation of the Radio-Loud Magnetar XTE J1810-197
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海天文台);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);State Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy and Technology, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS(中国科学院上海天文台射电天文与技术重点实验室);School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University(上海科技大学物理科学与技术学院);School of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Institute of Astronomy and High Energy Physics, Hubei University of Education(湖北教育学院天体物理与高能物理研究所物理学与机械电气工程学院)
Interstellar Scintillation of Three Nearby Pulsars with FAST
School of Physics and Electronic Science, Guizhou Normal University(贵州师范大学物理与电子科学学院);State Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台射电天文与技术重点实验室);CAS Key Laboratory of FAST, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台FAST重点实验室);Guizhou Radio Astronomical Observatory, Guizhou University(贵州大学贵州天文观测站);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Guizhou University(贵州大学)
Probing the cosmic web with fast radio bursts: II. Scintillation
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University(拉卡物理研究所,希伯来大学);University of Washington, Department of Astronomy(华盛顿大学天文学系);Astrophysics Research Center of the Open University (ARCO), The Open University of Israel(开放大学天体物理学研究中心(ARCO),以色列开放大学);Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel(自然科学与系,以色列开放大学);Department of Physics, The George Washington University(乔治华盛顿大学物理系);Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara(加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校物理系)
Precision Determination of Scintillation Screen Parameters from Annual Modulation Measurement of Pulsar Scintillation Arc Curvature with the FAST Telescope
South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research (SWIFAR), Yunnan University(西南天文研究所,云南大学);Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院新疆天文台);Key Laboratory of radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院射电天文重点实验室);Xinjiang Key Laboratory of radio Astrophysics(新疆射电天体物理重点实验室);National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台);Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学前沿天文与天体物理研究所);Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院云南天文台);Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院射电天文与技术重点实验室)
Probing AU-Scale Magnetic-Field Reversals in the Interstellar Medium with Pulsar Scintillation
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica(中央研究院天文及天文物理研究所);Department of Astronomy, Tsing Hua University(清华大学天文学系);Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics(加拿大理论天体物理研究所);Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (MaRS Centre)(加拿大高级研究院(马尔斯中心));Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto(多伦多大学邓普勒天文与天体物理研究所);Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics(理论物理珀蒂默研究所)
Pulsar scintillation studies with LOFAR III. Annual variations in PSR~J0814$+$7429
State Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台射电天文技术与重点实验室);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Institute for Frontier in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学前沿交叉科学研究院);Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld(比勒费尔德大学物理学院);CAS Key Laboratory of FAST, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院FAST国家天文台);Guizhou Radio Astronomical Observatory, Guizhou University(贵州大学贵州天文台);National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(印度基础研究所国家射电天文中心)
Diverse Properties of Interstellar Medium Embedding Gamma-Ray Bursts at the Epoch of Reionization
分析超高分辨率大尺度宇宙辐射流体动力学模拟,首次量化的物理环境的长持续时间伽马射线暴(GRB)在再电离的时代。我们发现,在秒差距尺度上,13%的伽玛暴保持在高密度($\ge 10^4$ cm $^{-3}$)的低温恒星形成区域,而87%的伽玛暴发生在低密度($\sim 10^{-2.5}$ cm $^{-3}$)的高温区域超新星加热。更重要的是,伽玛射线暴余辉的光谱特性,如中性氢柱密度,总氢柱密度,尘埃柱密度,气体温度和金属含量的干预吸收剂,从视线到视线变化很大。虽然我们的模型解释了现存的有限的观测推断值环暴密度,金属丰度,柱密度和灰尘的属性,一个大得多的样本高Z伽玛暴余辉将需要促进模型的统计坚实的测试。我们的研究结果表明,任何试图推断的物理性质(如金属丰度)的星际介质的主机星系的基础上非常少量的(通常是一个)视线将是不稳定的。利用高Z伽玛暴探测星际介质和星系际介质时,应考虑到星际介质的物理性质。
Scintillation based search for off-pulse radio emission from pulsars
我们提出了一种新的方法来检测关闭脉冲(非脉冲和/或连续)发射的恒星,使用与星际闪烁的强度调制。我们的技术包括获得动态光谱,分别为脉冲窗口和脉冲区域,时间和频率分辨率,适当采样的强度变化,由于衍射闪烁,然后估计它们的相互关系作为衡量脉冲发射,如果有的话。我们描述和说明这种技术的基本细节的帮助下,模拟,以及真实的数据。我们还讨论了这种方法的优势,较早的方法来检测脉冲发射。特别是,我们指出如何测量设置固有的某些非理想性可能会影响早期方法的估计,并认为目前的技术是免疫这种非理想性。我们验证了上述两种情况与相关的模拟。我们应用这种方法观察PSR B 0329 +54在730和810 MHz的频率,与绿岸望远镜和目前的上限在这两个频率的关断脉冲强度。我们希望这种技术能够为广泛的调查关闭脉冲发射铺平道路,甚至现有的动态光谱数据的帮助下,当然,更敏感的长期数据,从新的观测。
Can the gamma-ray bursts travelling through the interstellar space be explained without invoking the drastic assumption of Lorentz invariance violation?