Synchrotron maser from weakly magnetized neutron stars as the emission mechanism of fast radio bursts

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Synchrotron maser from weakly magnetized neutron stars as the emission mechanism of fast radio bursts

Long, Killian; Pe'er, Asaf
Date: 2018-08-29
Copyright: © 2018, the American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Related: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aada0b/meta
Citation: Long, K. and Pe'er, A. (2018) 'Synchrotron maser from weakly magnetized neutron stars as the emission mechanism of fast radio bursts', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 864(1), L12 (5pp). doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aada0b
Published Version: 10.3847/2041-8213/aada0b

Abstract:

The origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) is still mysterious. All FRBs to date show extremely high brightness temperatures, requiring a coherent emission mechanism. Using constraints derived from the physics of one of these mechanisms, the synchrotron maser, as well as observations, we show that accretion-induced explosions of neutron stars with surface magnetic fields of B * ≲ 1011 G are favored as FRB progenitors.

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