A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster

F Kirsten, B Marcote, K Nimmo, JWT Hessels… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are flashes of unknown physical origin. The majority of FRBs have
been seen only once, although some are known to generate multiple flashes,. Many models …

A repeating fast radio burst source localized to a nearby spiral galaxy

B Marcote, K Nimmo, JWT Hessels, SP Tendulkar… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief, bright, extragalactic radio flashes,. Their physical origin
remains unknown, but dozens of possible models have been postulated. Some FRB sources …

Compact radio emission indicates a structured jet was produced by a binary neutron star merger

G Ghirlanda, OS Salafia, Z Paragi, M Giroletti, J Yang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The binary neutron star merger event GW170817 was detected through both
electromagnetic radiation and gravitational waves. Its afterglow emission may have been …

Detection of two bright radio bursts from magnetar SGR 1935+ 2154

F Kirsten, MP Snelders, M Jenkins, K Nimmo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts are millisecond-duration, bright radio signals (fluence 0.1–100 Jy ms)
emitted from extragalactic sources of unknown physical origin. The recent CHIME/FRB and …

Burst timescales and luminosities as links between young pulsars and fast radio bursts

K Nimmo, JWT Hessels, F Kirsten, A Keimpema… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extragalactic radio flashes of unknown physical origin. Their
high luminosities and short durations require extreme energy densities, such as those found …

Software and techniques for VLBI data processing and analysis

M Janssen, JF Radcliffe, J Wagner - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a challenging observational technique, which
requires in-depth knowledge about radio telescope instrumentation, interferometry, and the …

Highly polarized microstructure from the repeating FRB 20180916B

K Nimmo, JWT Hessels, A Keimpema, AM Archibald… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are bright, coherent, short-duration radio transients of as-yet
unknown extragalactic origin. FRBs exhibit a variety of spectral, temporal and polarimetric …

The repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 as seen on milliarcsecond angular scales

B Marcote, Z Paragi, JWT Hessels… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The millisecond-duration radio flashes known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) represent an
enigmatic astrophysical phenomenon. Recently, the sub-arcsecond localization (∼ 100 mas …

Milliarcsecond localization of the repeating FRB 20201124A

K Nimmo, DM Hewitt, JWT Hessels… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) localizations of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs)
have demonstrated a diversity of local environments: from nearby star-forming regions to …

Multiwavelength view of the close-by GRB 190829A sheds light on gamma-ray burst physics

OS Salafia, ME Ravasio, J Yang, T An… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We monitored the position of the close-by (about 370 Mpc) gamma-ray burst GRB 190829A,
which originated from a massive star collapse, through very long baseline interferometry …