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2017ApJ...846...80S - Astrophys. J., 846, 80-80 (2017/September-1)

Simultaneous X-ray, Gamma-ray, and radio observations of the repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102.

SCHOLZ P., BOGDANOV S., HESSELS J.W.T., LYNCH R.S., SPITLER L.G., BASSA C.G., BOWER G.C., BURKE-SPOLAOR S., BUTLER B.J., CHATTERJEE S., CORDES J.M., GOURDJI K., KASPI V.M., LAW C.J., MARCOTE B., McLAUGHLIN M.A., MICHILLI D., PARAGI Z., RANSOM S.M., SEYMOUR A., TENDULKAR S.P. and WHARTON R.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We undertook coordinated campaigns with the Green Bank, Effelsberg, and Arecibo radio telescopes during Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton observations of the repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 to search for simultaneous radio and X-ray bursts. We find 12 radio bursts from FRB 121102 during 70 ks total of X-ray observations. We detect no X-ray photons at the times of radio bursts from FRB 121102 and further detect no X-ray bursts above the measured background at any time. We place a 5σ upper limit of 3 x 10–11 erg cm–2 on the 0.5-10 keV fluence for X-ray bursts at the time of radio bursts for durations 700 ms, which corresponds to a burst energy of 4 x 1045 erg at the measured distance of FRB 121102. We also place limits on the 0.5-10 keV fluence of 5 x 10–10 and 1 x 10–9 erg cm–2 for bursts emitted at any time during the XMM-Newton and Chandra observations, respectively, assuming a typical X-ray burst duration of 5 ms. We analyze data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Gamma-ray Burst Monitor and place a 5σ upper limit on the 10-100 keV fluence of 4 x 10–9 erg cm–2 (5 x 1047 erg at the distance of FRB 121102) for gamma-ray bursts at the time of radio bursts. We also present a deep search for a persistent X-ray source using all of the X-ray observations taken to date and place a 5σ upper limit on the 0.5-10 keV flux of 4 x 10–15 erg s–1 cm–2 (3 x 1041 erg s–1 at the distance of FRB 121102). We discuss these non-detections in the context of the host environment of FRB 121102 and of possible sources of fast radio bursts in general.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: general - stars: neutron - X-rays: bursts - X-rays: general - X-rays: general

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