A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, H.E.S.S., and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localized FRBs

H.E.S.S. Collaboration

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A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, H.E.S.S., and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localized FRBs

H.E.S.S. Collaboration

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North-West University
University of Nigeria
University of Manchester
Sydney University Biological Informatics and Technology Centre (SUBIT)
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
Université Paris-Sud
École Polytechnique
Rhodes University
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
University of Oxford
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Organization
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik
RAU
Landessternwarte Heidelberg
Aix-Marseille Université
University of Namibia
Instytut Fizyki Jadrowej PAN
DESY
University of Witwatersrand
Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité
Linnaeus University, Växjö
Université PSL
Sorbonne Université
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
University of Warsaw
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
University Bordeaux-Segalen
University of Potsdam
Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Nicolaus Copernicus University
N. Copernicus Astronomical Center
University of Tübingen
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Université Montpellier 2
University of Innsbruck
University of Leicester
University of Amsterdam
University of Adelaide
A. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory
University of Tokyo
Konan University
Systems Glycobiology Research Group

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We report on a search for persistent radio emission from the one-off fast radio burst (FRB) 20190714A, as well as from two repeating FRBs, 20190711A and 20171019A, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. For FRB 20171019A, we also conducted simultaneous observations with the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in very high-energy gamma rays and searched for signals in the ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray bands. For this FRB, we obtain a UV flux upper limit of 1.39 × 10-16 erg, cm-2, s-1Å-1, X-ray limit of ~6.6 × 10-14~erg, cm-2, s-1 and a limit on the very high energy gamma-ray flux Φ (E> 120, GeV) < 1.7× 10-12, erg, cm-2, s-1. We obtain a radio upper limit of ∼15 μJy beam-1 for persistent emission at the locations of both FRBs 20190711A and 20171019A with MeerKAT. However, we detected an almost unresolved (ratio of integrated flux to peak flux is ∼1.7 beam) radio emission, where the synthesized beam size was ∼8 arcsec size with a peak brightness of ∼ 53, μJy beam-1 at MeerKAT and ∼ 86, μ Jy beam-1 at e-MERLIN, possibly associated with FRB 20190714A at z = 0.2365. This represents the first detection of persistent continuum radio emission potentially associated with a (as-yet) non-repeating FRB. If the association is confirmed, one of the strongest remaining distinction between repeaters and non-repeaters would no longer be applicable. A parallel search for repeat bursts from these FRBs revealed no new detections down to a fluence of 0.08 Jy ms for a 1 ms duration burst.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1365-1379
Number of pages	15
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	515
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1601
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2022

Keywords

(transients:) fast radio burst
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
radio continuum: galaxies

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AU - Caleb, M.

AU - Spitler, L.

AU - Ashkar, H.

AU - Schüssler, F.

AU - Stappers, B. W.

AU - Venter, C.

AU - Heywood, I.

AU - Richards, A. M.S.

AU - Williams, D. R.A.

AU - Kramer, M.

AU - Beswick, R.

AU - Bezuidenhout, M. C.

AU - Breton, R. P.

AU - Driessen, L. N.

AU - Jankowski, F.

AU - Keane, E. F.

AU - Malenta, M.

AU - Mickaliger, M.

AU - Morello, V.

AU - Qiu, H.

AU - Rajwade, K.

AU - Sanidas, S.

AU - Surnis, M.

AU - Scragg, T. W.

AU - Walker, C. R.H.

AU - Wrigley, N.

AU - Aharonian, F.

AU - Ait Benkhali, F.

AU - Angüner, E. O.

AU - Backes, M.

AU - Baghmanyan, V.

AU - Barbosa Martins, V.

AU - Batzofin, R.

AU - Becherini, Y.

AU - Berge, D.

AU - Böttcher, M.

AU - Boisson, C.

AU - Bolmont, J.

AU - De Bony De Lavergne, M.

AU - Breuhaus, M.

AU - Brose, R.

AU - Brun, F.

AU - Bulik, T.

AU - Cangemi, F.

AU - Caroff, S.

AU - Casanova, S.

AU - Catalano, J.

AU - Cerruti, M.

AU - Chand, T.

AU - Chen, A.

AU - Chibueze, O. U.

AU - Cotter, G.

AU - Cristofari, P.

AU - Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J.

AU - Devin, J.

AU - Djannati-Ataï, A.

AU - Dmytriiev, A.

AU - Egberts, K.

AU - Ernenwein, J. P.

AU - Fiasson, A.

AU - Fichet De Clairfontaine, G.

AU - Fontaine, G.

AU - Funk, S.

AU - Gabici, S.

AU - Ghafourizadeh, S.

AU - Giavitto, G.

AU - Glawion, D.

AU - Grondin, M. H.

AU - Hörbe, M.

AU - Hoischen, C.

AU - Holch, T. L.

AU - Huang, Zhiqiu

AU - Jamrozy, M.

AU - Jankowsky, F.

AU - Joshi, V.

AU - Jung-Richardt, I.

AU - Kasai, E.

AU - Katarzyński, K.

AU - Katz, U.

AU - Khélifi, B.

AU - Kluźniak, W.

AU - Komin, Nu

AU - Kosack, K.

AU - Kostunin, D.

AU - Lemière, A.

AU - Lenain, J. P.

AU - Leuschner, F.

AU - Lohse, T.

AU - Luashvili, A.

AU - Lypova, I.

AU - MacKey, J.

AU - Malyshev, D.

AU - Marandon, V.

AU - Marchegiani, P.

AU - Marcowith, A.

AU - Martí-Devesa, G.

AU - Marx, R.

AU - Mitchell, A.

AU - Moderski, R.

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N2 - We report on a search for persistent radio emission from the one-off fast radio burst (FRB) 20190714A, as well as from two repeating FRBs, 20190711A and 20171019A, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. For FRB 20171019A, we also conducted simultaneous observations with the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in very high-energy gamma rays and searched for signals in the ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray bands. For this FRB, we obtain a UV flux upper limit of 1.39 × 10-16 erg, cm-2, s-1Å-1, X-ray limit of ~6.6 × 10-14~erg, cm-2, s-1 and a limit on the very high energy gamma-ray flux Φ (E> 120, GeV) < 1.7× 10-12, erg, cm-2, s-1. We obtain a radio upper limit of ∼15 μJy beam-1 for persistent emission at the locations of both FRBs 20190711A and 20171019A with MeerKAT. However, we detected an almost unresolved (ratio of integrated flux to peak flux is ∼1.7 beam) radio emission, where the synthesized beam size was ∼8 arcsec size with a peak brightness of ∼ 53, μJy beam-1 at MeerKAT and ∼ 86, μ Jy beam-1 at e-MERLIN, possibly associated with FRB 20190714A at z = 0.2365. This represents the first detection of persistent continuum radio emission potentially associated with a (as-yet) non-repeating FRB. If the association is confirmed, one of the strongest remaining distinction between repeaters and non-repeaters would no longer be applicable. A parallel search for repeat bursts from these FRBs revealed no new detections down to a fluence of 0.08 Jy ms for a 1 ms duration burst.

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