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A repeating fast radio burst associated with a persistent radio source.

ABSTRACT: The dispersive sweep of fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been used to probe the ionized baryon content of the intergalactic medium¹, which is assumed to dominate the total extragalactic dispersion. Although the host-galaxy contributions to the dispersion measure appear to be small for most FRBs², in at least one case there is evidence for an extreme magneto-ionic local environment^3,4 and a compact persistent radio source⁵. Here we report the detection and localization of the repeating FRB 20190520B, which is co-located with a compact, persistent radio source and associated with a dwarf host galaxy of high specific-star-formation rate at a redshift of 0.241 ± 0.001. The estimated host-galaxy dispersion measure of approximately [Formula: see text] parsecs per cubic centimetre, which is nearly an order of magnitude higher than the average of FRB host galaxies^2,6, far exceeds the dispersion-measure contribution of the intergalactic medium. Caution is thus warranted in inferring redshifts for FRBs without accurate host-galaxy identifications.

SUBMITTER: Niu CH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9242862 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A repeating fast radio burst associated with a persistent radio source.

Niu C-H CH Aggarwal K K Li D D Zhang X X Chatterjee S S Tsai C-W CW Yu W W Law C J CJ Burke-Spolaor S S Cordes J M JM Zhang Y-K YK Ocker S K SK Yao J-M JM Wang P P Feng Y Y Niino Y Y Bochenek C C Cruces M M Connor L L Jiang J-A JA Dai S S Luo R R Li G-D GD Miao C-C CC Niu J-R JR Anna-Thomas R R Sydnor J J Stern D D Wang W-Y WY Yuan M M Yue Y-L YL Zhou D-J DJ Yan Z Z Zhu W-W WW Zhang B B

Nature 20220608 7916

The dispersive sweep of fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been used to probe the ionized baryon content of the intergalactic medium1, which is assumed to dominate the total extragalactic dispersion. Although the host-galaxy contributions to the dispersion measure appear to be small for most FRBs2, in at least one case there is evidence for an extreme magneto-ionic local environment3,4 and a compact persistent radio source5. Here we report the detection and ...[more]

PMID: 35676486

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Project description:IntroductionBurst-suppression (BS) is an electroencephalography (EEG) pattern consisting of alternant periods of slow waves of high amplitude (burst) and periods of so called flat EEG (suppression). It is generally associated with coma of various etiologies (hypoxia, drug-related intoxication, hypothermia, and childhood encephalopathies, but also anesthesia). Animal studies suggest that both the cortex and the thalamus are involved in the generation of BS. However, very little is known about mechanisms of BS in humans. The aim of this study was to identify the neuronal network underlying both burst and suppression phases using source reconstruction and analysis of functional and effective connectivity in EEG.Material/methodsDynamic imaging of coherent sources (DICS) was applied to EEG segments of 13 neonates and infants with burst and suppression EEG pattern. The brain area with the strongest power in the analyzed frequency (1-4 Hz) range was defined as the reference region. DICS was used to compute the coherence between this reference region and the entire brain. The renormalized partial directed coherence (RPDC) was used to describe the informational flow between the identified sources.Results/conclusionDelta activity during the burst phases was associated with coherent sources in the thalamus and brainstem as well as bilateral sources in cortical regions mainly frontal and parietal, whereas suppression phases were associated with coherent sources only in cortical regions. Results of the RPDC analyses showed an upwards informational flow from the brainstem towards the thalamus and from the thalamus to cortical regions, which was absent during the suppression phases. These findings may support the theory that a "cortical deafferentiation" between the cortex and sub-cortical structures exists especially in suppression phases compared to burst phases in burst suppression EEGs. Such a deafferentiation may play a role in the poor neurological outcome of children with these encephalopathies.

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