Astronomers have discovered where fast radio bursts originated in space

Researchers observed the repeating fast radio burst FRB 20201124A (English Fast Radio Bursts) and recorded about 1

863 flashes.They thus obtained the world's largest sample of FRB polarization observations. This was made possible by FAST, a spherical radio telescope with a five-hundred-meter aperture, and the world's largest single-mirror and most sensitive radio telescope developed in China.

According to the study, FRB 20201124A may be analogous to pulsed emissions from the galactic binary PSR B1259-63/LS 2883, which contains PSR B1259-63 and the Be star LS 2883.

An illustration of the correspondence to the evolution of RM FRB 20201124A using a binary model. Photo: Nature

Fast radio bursts - detectableradio telescopes, single radio pulses lasting several milliseconds of unknown nature. A typical burst energy, assuming isotropic radiation, is equivalent to the release into space of the energy emitted by the Sun over several days.

Although hundreds of FRBs have been discovered, their physical nature remains unclear.

Spectral and high-resolution images of the host galaxy FRB20201124A using the Keck Telescope. Photo: Nature

In a new study, scientists presenteda physical model that explains the observed characteristics of FRB 20201124A. They suggested that the repeating signal comes from a binary system containing a magnetar and a Be star with a decrement disk.

Recall that Be stars are very hot objects.spectral class B with an effective temperature of 10,000 to 30,000 K (9,726.85 °C–29,726.85 °C) and luminosity of class III to V. Their spectrum shows at least one emission line - typically , Balmer series of hydrogen.

A study conducted by researchers fromNational Astronomical Observatory of China (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Peking University, published in the international academic journal Nature.

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