The Astrophysical Journal Letters (Jan 2025)
A Repeating Fast Radio Burst Source in the Outskirts of a Quiescent Galaxy
- Vishwangi Shah,
- Kaitlyn Shin,
- Calvin Leung,
- Wen-fai Fong,
- Tarraneh Eftekhari,
- Mandana Amiri,
- Bridget C. Andersen,
- Shion Andrew,
- Mohit Bhardwaj,
- Charanjot Brar,
- Tomas Cassanelli,
- Shami Chatterjee,
- Alice Curtin,
- Matt Dobbs,
- Yuxin Dong,
- Fengqiu Adam Dong,
- Emmanuel Fonseca,
- B. M. Gaensler,
- Mark Halpern,
- Jason W. T. Hessels,
- Adaeze L. Ibik,
- Naman Jain,
- Ronniy C. Joseph,
- Jane Kaczmarek,
- Lordrick A. Kahinga,
- Victoria M. Kaspi,
- Bikash Kharel,
- Tom Landecker,
- Adam E. Lanman,
- Mattias Lazda,
- Robert Main,
- Lluis Mas-Ribas,
- Kiyoshi W. Masui,
- Ryan Mckinven,
- Juan Mena-Parra,
- Bradley W. Meyers,
- Daniele Michilli,
- Kenzie Nimmo,
- Ayush Pandhi,
- Swarali Shivraj Patil,
- Aaron B. Pearlman,
- Ziggy Pleunis,
- J. Xavier Prochaska,
- Masoud Rafiei-Ravandi,
- Mawson Sammons,
- Ketan R. Sand,
- Paul Scholz,
- Kendrick Smith,
- Ingrid Stairs
Affiliations
- Vishwangi Shah
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Kaitlyn Shin
- ORCiD
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Calvin Leung
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Wen-fai Fong
- ORCiD
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astronomy (CIERA), Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University , Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Tarraneh Eftekhari
- ORCiD
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astronomy (CIERA), Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
- Mandana Amiri
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Bridget C. Andersen
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Shion Andrew
- ORCiD
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Mohit Bhardwaj
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- McWilliams Center for Cosmology & Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- Charanjot Brar
- ORCiD
- NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC V9E2E7, Canada
- Tomas Cassanelli
- ORCiD
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile , AvenueTupper 2007, Santiago 8370451, Chile
- Shami Chatterjee
- ORCiD
- Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Alice Curtin
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Matt Dobbs
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Yuxin Dong
- ORCiD
- Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astronomy (CIERA), Northwestern University , 1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University , Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Fengqiu Adam Dong
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Emmanuel Fonseca
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University , P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University , Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
- B. M. Gaensler
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Santa Cruz , 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Mark Halpern
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Jason W. T. Hessels
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam , Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy ,Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, 7991 PD Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
- Adaeze L. Ibik
- ORCiD
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Naman Jain
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Ronniy C. Joseph
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Jane Kaczmarek
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- CSIRO Space & Astronomy , Parkes Observatory, P.O. Box 276, Parkes NSW 2870, Australia
- Lordrick A. Kahinga
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Santa Cruz , 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- Victoria M. Kaspi
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Bikash Kharel
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University , P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University , Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
- Tom Landecker
- ORCiD
- Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory , Herzberg Research Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Research Council Canada, P.O. Box 248, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9, Canada
- Adam E. Lanman
- ORCiD
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Mattias Lazda
- ORCiD
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Robert Main
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]
- Lluis Mas-Ribas
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Santa Cruz , 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- Kiyoshi W. Masui
- ORCiD
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Ryan Mckinven
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Juan Mena-Parra
- ORCiD
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Bradley W. Meyers
- ORCiD
- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University , Bentley WA 6102, Australia
- Daniele Michilli
- ORCiD
- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Kenzie Nimmo
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- MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Ayush Pandhi
- ORCiD
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Swarali Shivraj Patil
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University , P.O. Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University , Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
- Aaron B. Pearlman
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Ziggy Pleunis
- ORCiD
- Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam , Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy ,Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, 7991 PD Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
- J. Xavier Prochaska
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Santa Cruz , 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8583, Japan; Division of Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ,2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
- Masoud Rafiei-Ravandi
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]
- Mawson Sammons
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Ketan R. Sand
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, McGill University , 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada ; [email protected]; Trottier Space Institute, McGill University , 3550 rue University, Montréal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
- Paul Scholz
- ORCiD
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, 50 St. George Street, University of Toronto , ON M5S 3H4, Canada; Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON MJ3 1P3, Canada
- Kendrick Smith
- ORCiD
- Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics , 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
- Ingrid Stairs
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad9ddc
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 979,
no. 2
p. L21
Abstract
We report the discovery of the repeating fast radio burst (FRB) source FRB 20240209A using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)/FRB telescope. We detected 22 bursts from this repeater between 2024 February and July, 6 of which were also recorded at the Outrigger station k’niʔatn k’l _⌣ stk’masqt (KKO). The multiple very long baseline interferometry localizations using the 66 km long CHIME–KKO baseline, each with a different baseline vector orientation due to the repeater’s high decl. of ∼86°, enabled the combined localization region to be constrained to 1″ × 2″. We present deep Gemini optical observations that, combined with the FRB localization, enabled a robust association of FRB 20240209A to the outskirts of a luminous galaxy (P(O∣x) = 0.99; L ≈ 5.3 × 10 ^10 L _⊙ ). FRB 20240209A has a projected physical offset of 40 ± 5 kpc from the center of its host galaxy, making it the FRB with the largest host galaxy offset to date. When normalized by the host galaxy size, the offset of FRB 20240209A (5.1 R _eff ) is comparable to that of FRB 20200120E (5.7 R _eff ), the only FRB source known to originate in a globular cluster. We consider several explanations for the large offset, including a progenitor that was kicked from the host galaxy or in situ formation in a low-luminosity satellite galaxy of the putative host, but find the most plausible scenario to be a globular cluster origin. This, coupled with the quiescent, elliptical nature of the host as demonstrated in our companion Letter, provides strong evidence for a delayed formation channel for the progenitor of the FRB source.
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