TY - JOUR
T1 - Are fast radio bursts made by neutron stars?
AU - Katz, J. I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Popular models of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs; and perhaps of all FRBs) involve neutron stars because of their high rotational or magnetostatic energy densities. These models take one of two forms: giant but rare pulsar-like pulses like those of rotating radio transients, and outbursts like those of soft gamma repeaters. Here I collate the evidence, recently strengthened, against these models, including the absence of Galactic micro-FRBs, and attribute the 16 d periodicity of FRB 180916.J0158+65 to the precession of a jet produced by a massive black hole's accretion disc.
AB - Popular models of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs; and perhaps of all FRBs) involve neutron stars because of their high rotational or magnetostatic energy densities. These models take one of two forms: giant but rare pulsar-like pulses like those of rotating radio transients, and outbursts like those of soft gamma repeaters. Here I collate the evidence, recently strengthened, against these models, including the absence of Galactic micro-FRBs, and attribute the 16 d periodicity of FRB 180916.J0158+65 to the precession of a jet produced by a massive black hole's accretion disc.
KW - (transients:) fast radio bursts
KW - Radio continuum: transients
KW - Stars: black holes
KW - Stars: neutron
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85085111092
U2 - 10.1093/MNRASL/SLAA038
DO - 10.1093/MNRASL/SLAA038
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085111092
SN - 1745-3925
VL - 494
SP - L64-L68
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
IS - 1
ER -