Fast radio bursts(FRBs) are extremely strong radio flares lasting several milliseconds,most of which come from unidentified objects at a cosmological distance.They can be apparently repeating or not.In this paper,we a...Fast radio bursts(FRBs) are extremely strong radio flares lasting several milliseconds,most of which come from unidentified objects at a cosmological distance.They can be apparently repeating or not.In this paper,we analyzed 18 repeaters and 12 non-repeating FRBs observed in the frequency bands of 400–800 MHz from Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment(CHIME).We investigated the distributions of FRB isotropic-equivalent radio luminosity,considering the K correction.Statistically,the luminosity distribution can be better fitted by Gaussian form than by power-law.Based on the above results,together with the observed FRB event rate,pulse duration,and radio luminosity,FRB origin models are evaluated and constrained such that the gamma-ray bursts(GRBs) may be excluded for the non-repeaters while magnetars or neutron stars(NSs) emitting the supergiant pulses are preferred for the repeaters.We also found the necessity of a small FRB emission beaming solid angle(about 0.1 sr) from magnetars that should be considered,and/or the FRB association with soft gamma-ray repeaters(SGRs) may lie at a low probability of about 10%.Finally,we discussed the uncertainty of FRB luminosity caused by the estimation of the distance that is inferred by the simple relation between the redshift and dispersion measure(DM).展开更多
LIGO-Virgo has observed the gravitational waves(GWs)from the coalescence of binary black hole(BBH)and binary neutron star(BNS)during O1 and O2,and the ones from NS-BH are expected to be hunted in the operating O3 run....LIGO-Virgo has observed the gravitational waves(GWs)from the coalescence of binary black hole(BBH)and binary neutron star(BNS)during O1 and O2,and the ones from NS-BH are expected to be hunted in the operating O3 run.The population properties and mass distribution of NS-BH mergers are poorly understood now,thus researchers simulated their chirp mass(M)distribution by a synthetic model,in which the BHs and NSs were inferred by LIGO-Virgo(O1/O2),and obtained the values in the range of 2.1 M_(⊙)<M<7.3 M_(⊙).In this paper,we further simulate the GW frequency(fGW)distribution of NS-BH mergers by the above-stated synthetic model,with a basic binary system model through the Monte Carlo method.Our results predict that the median with 90%credible intervals is 165+475-64 Hz in the case of Schwarzschild BH when the system just before merger,and this GW frequency is expected to increase several times in the merger stage,which is lying in the frequency band of LIGO-Virgo,i.e.,about 15 Hz to a few kHz.Our results provide an important reference for hunting the NS-BH mergers by the on-going O3 run of LIGO-Virgo.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.11988101,U1938117,U1731238,11703003 and 11725313)the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.114A11KYSB20160008)+1 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China (No.2016YFA0400702)the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Foundation (Grant No.[2020]1Y019)。
文摘Fast radio bursts(FRBs) are extremely strong radio flares lasting several milliseconds,most of which come from unidentified objects at a cosmological distance.They can be apparently repeating or not.In this paper,we analyzed 18 repeaters and 12 non-repeating FRBs observed in the frequency bands of 400–800 MHz from Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment(CHIME).We investigated the distributions of FRB isotropic-equivalent radio luminosity,considering the K correction.Statistically,the luminosity distribution can be better fitted by Gaussian form than by power-law.Based on the above results,together with the observed FRB event rate,pulse duration,and radio luminosity,FRB origin models are evaluated and constrained such that the gamma-ray bursts(GRBs) may be excluded for the non-repeaters while magnetars or neutron stars(NSs) emitting the supergiant pulses are preferred for the repeaters.We also found the necessity of a small FRB emission beaming solid angle(about 0.1 sr) from magnetars that should be considered,and/or the FRB association with soft gamma-ray repeaters(SGRs) may lie at a low probability of about 10%.Finally,we discussed the uncertainty of FRB luminosity caused by the estimation of the distance that is inferred by the simple relation between the redshift and dispersion measure(DM).
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11988101,11773005,U2031203,U1631236,11703001,U1731238,U1938117,11725313,and 11721303)the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.114A11KYSB20160008)+1 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0400702)the Subsidy Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2021GZJ006)。
文摘LIGO-Virgo has observed the gravitational waves(GWs)from the coalescence of binary black hole(BBH)and binary neutron star(BNS)during O1 and O2,and the ones from NS-BH are expected to be hunted in the operating O3 run.The population properties and mass distribution of NS-BH mergers are poorly understood now,thus researchers simulated their chirp mass(M)distribution by a synthetic model,in which the BHs and NSs were inferred by LIGO-Virgo(O1/O2),and obtained the values in the range of 2.1 M_(⊙)<M<7.3 M_(⊙).In this paper,we further simulate the GW frequency(fGW)distribution of NS-BH mergers by the above-stated synthetic model,with a basic binary system model through the Monte Carlo method.Our results predict that the median with 90%credible intervals is 165+475-64 Hz in the case of Schwarzschild BH when the system just before merger,and this GW frequency is expected to increase several times in the merger stage,which is lying in the frequency band of LIGO-Virgo,i.e.,about 15 Hz to a few kHz.Our results provide an important reference for hunting the NS-BH mergers by the on-going O3 run of LIGO-Virgo.
