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Title: | The Northern Cross Fast Radio Burst project: III. The FRB-magnetar connection in a sample of nearby galaxies | Authors: | Pelliciari, D. BERNARDI, Gianni PILIA, Maura NALDI, Giovanni PUPILLO, Giuseppe TRUDU, Matteo Addis, A. BIANCHI, Germano BORTOLOTTI, Claudio DALLACASA, Daniele Lulli, R. Maccaferri, A. Magro, A. MATTANA, Andrea PERINI, Federico ROMA, Mauro SCHIAFFINO, Marco Setti, G. TAVANI, Marco VERRECCHIA, Francesco CASENTINI, Claudio |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Journal: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Number: | 674 | First Page: | A223 | Abstract: | Context. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond radio transients observed at cosmological distances. The nature of their progenitors is still a matter of debate, although magnetars are invoked by most models. The proposed FRB-magnetar connection was strengthened by the discovery of an FRB-like event from the Galactic magnetar SGR J1935+2154. Aims. In this work we aim to investigate how prevalent magnetars such as SGR J1935+2154 are within FRB progenitors. Methods. To this end, we carried out an FRB search in a sample of seven nearby (< 12 Mpc) galaxies with the Northern Cross Radio Telescope for a total of 692 h. Results. We detected one 1.8 ms burst in the direction of M 101 with a fluence of 58±5 Jy ms. Its dispersion measure of 303 pc cm3 places it most likely beyond M 101. Considering that no significant detection comes indisputably from the selected galaxies, we place a 38 yr1 upper limit on the total burst rate (i.e. including the whole sample) at the 95% confidence level. This upper limit constrains the event rate per magnetar to λmag < 0.42 magnetar1 yr1 or, if combined with literature observations of a similar sample of nearby galaxies, it yields a joint constraint of λmag < 0.25 magnetar1 yr1. We also provide the first constraints on the expected rate of FRBs hypothetically originating from ultra-luminous X-ray (ULX) sources, since some of the galaxies observed during our observational campaign host confirmed ULXs. We obtain < 13 yr1 per ULX for the total sample of galaxies observed. Conclusions. Our results indicate that bursts with energies Ea >a 1034 erg from magnetars such as SGR J1935+2154 appear more rarely compared to previous observations and further disfavour them as unique progenitors for the cosmological FRB population. This provides support to the idea that there is a greater contribution from a population of more exotic magnetars not born via core-collapsed supernovae. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/35137 | URL: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2023/06/aa46307-23/aa46307-23.html https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85164161780 |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/202346307 | Fulltext: | open |
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