A search for fast-radio-burst-like emission from Fermi gamma-ray bursts. Issue 1 (6th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bouwhuis, Mieke; Bannister, Keith W; Macquart, Jean-Pierre; Shannon, R M; Kaplan, David L; Bunton, John D; Koribalski, Bärbel S; Whiting, M T
• Is Part Of: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Volume 497:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2020-07-06
• Subjects: surveys -- radio continuum: transients -- transients: gamma-ray bursts -- transients: fast radio bursts; Astronomy -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1889
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0035-8711

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We report the results of the rapid follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Fermi satellite to search for associated fast radio bursts. The observations were conducted with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder at frequencies from 1.2 to 1.4 GHz. A set of 20 bursts, of which four were short GRBs, were followed up with a typical latency of about 1 min, for a duration of up to 11 h after the burst. The data were searched using 4096 dispersion measure trials up to a maximum dispersion measure of 3763 pc cm −3, and for pulse widths w over a range of duration from 1.256 to 40.48 ms. No associated pulsed radio emission was observed above $26 \, {\rm Jy\, ms}\, (w/1\, {\rm ms})^{-1/2}$ for any of the 20 GRBs.