The detection of an extremely bright fast radio burst in a phased array feed survey

K. W. Bannister; R. M. Shannon; J.-P. Macquart; C. Flynn; P. G. Edwards; M. O'Neill; S. Osłowski; M. Bailes; B. Zackay; N. Clarke; L. R. D'Addario; R. Dodson; P.J. Hall; A. Jameson; D. Jones; R. Navarro; J. T. Trinh; J. Allison; C. S. Anderson; M. Bell; A. P. Chippendale; J. D. Collier; G. Heald; I. Heywood; A. W. Hotan; K. Lee-Waddell; J. P. Madrid; J. Marvil; D. McConnell; A. Popping; M. A. Voronkov; M. T. Whiting; G. R. Allen; D. C.-J. Bock; D. P. Brodrick; F. Cooray; D. R. Deboer; P. J. Diamond; R. Ekers; R. G. Gough; G. A. Hampson; L. Harvey-Smith; S. G. Hay; D. B. Hayman; C. A. Jackson; S. Johnston; B. S. Koribalski; N. M. McClure-Griffiths; P. Mirtschin; A. Ng; R. P. Norris; S. E. Pearce; C. J. Phillips; D. N. Roxby; E. R. Troup; T. Westmeier

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The detection of an extremely bright fast radio burst in a phased array feed survey

K. W. Bannister, R. M. Shannon, J.-P. Macquart, C. Flynn, P. G. Edwards, M. O'Neill, S. Osłowski, M. Bailes, B. Zackay, N. Clarke, L. R. D'Addario, R. Dodson, P.J. Hall, A. Jameson, D. Jones, R. Navarro, J. T. Trinh, J. Allison, C. S. Anderson, M. BellA. P. Chippendale, J. D. Collier, G. Heald, I. Heywood, A. W. Hotan, K. Lee-Waddell, J. P. Madrid, J. Marvil, D. McConnell, A. Popping, M. A. Voronkov, M. T. Whiting, G. R. Allen, D. C.-J. Bock, D. P. Brodrick, F. Cooray, D. R. Deboer, P. J. Diamond, R. Ekers, R. G. Gough, G. A. Hampson, L. Harvey-Smith, S. G. Hay, D. B. Hayman, C. A. Jackson, S. Johnston, B. S. Koribalski, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, P. Mirtschin, A. Ng, R. P. Norris, S. E. Pearce, C. J. Phillips, D. N. Roxby, E. R. Troup, T. Westmeier

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We report the detection of an ultra-bright fast radio burst (FRB) from a modest, 3.4-day pilot survey with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. The survey was conducted in a wide-field fly's-eye configuration using the phased-array-feed technology deployed on the array to instantaneously observe an effective area of 160 deg2, and achieve an exposure totaling 13200 deg2 hr . We constrain the position of FRB 170107 to a region in size (90% containment) and its fluence to be 58 ±6 Jy ms. The spectrum of the burst shows a sharp cutoff above 1400 MHz, which could be due to either scintillation or an intrinsic feature of the burst. This confirms the existence of an ultra-bright (> Jy ms) population of FRBs.

Original language	English
Article number	L12
Number of pages	6
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	841
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa71ff
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Bannister, K. W., Shannon, R. M., Macquart, J.-P., Flynn, C., Edwards, P. G., O'Neill, M., Osłowski, S., Bailes, M., Zackay, B., Clarke, N., D'Addario, L. R., Dodson, R., Hall, P. J., Jameson, A., Jones, D., Navarro, R., Trinh, J. T., Allison, J., Anderson, C. S., ... Westmeier, T. (2017). The detection of an extremely bright fast radio burst in a phased array feed survey. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 841(1), Article L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa71ff

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