Searching for gamma-ray counterparts of FRBs with H.E.S.S.

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Authors
  • A. Jaitly
  • H. Ashkar
  • F. Bradascio
  • D. Kostunin
Publication date 27-09-2024
Journal Proceedings of Science
Event 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023
Article number 776
Volume | Issue number 444
Number of pages 10
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are highly energetic, extremely short-lived bursts of radio flashes. Despite extensive research, the exact cause of these outbursts remains a mystery. One of the most accredited models suggests that they originate from highly magnetized and rapidly spinning neutron stars known as magnetars. The high luminosity, short duration, and high dispersion measure of these events suggest they result from extreme, high-energy astrophysical processes of extragalactic origin. The number of detected FRBs, including repeating ones, has grown rapidly in recent years. Except for FRB20200428, that is associated to the galactic magnetar SGR1925+2154, no multi-wavelength counterparts to any FRB has been detected yet. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) telescope has developed a program to uncover the nature of these mysterious events by searching for their gamma-ray counterparts. This contribution provides an overview of the searches for FRB sources conducted by H.E.S.S., including follow-up observations and simultaneous multi-wavelength campaigns with radio and X-ray observatories.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.0776
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85212306048
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