Deep Synoptic Array Science: Discovery of the Host Galaxy of FRB 20220912A

Creators: Ravi, Vikram; Catha, Morgan; Chen, Ge; Connor, Liam; Faber, Jakob T.; Lamb, James W.; Hallinan, Gregg; Harnach, Charlie; Hellbourg, Greg; Hobbs, Rick; Hodge, David; Hodges, Mark; Law, Casey; Rasmussen, Paul; Sharma, Kritti; Sherman, Myles B.; Shi, Jun; Simard, Dana; Squillace, Reynier; Weinreb, Sander; Woody, David P.; Yadlapalli, Nitika; Ahumada, Tomás; Dong, Dillon; Fremling, Christoffer; Huang, Yuping; Karambelkar, Viraj; Miller, Jessie M.; Deep Synoptic Array team

Abstract

We report the detection and interferometric localization of the repeating fast radio burst (FRB) source FRB 20220912A during commissioning observations with the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-110). Two bursts were detected from FRB 20220912A, one each on 2022 October 18 and 2022 October 25. The best-fit position is (R.A. J2000, decl. J2000) = (23:09:04.9, +48:42:25.4), with a 90% confidence error ellipse with radii ±2″ and ±1″ in R.A. and decl., respectively. The two bursts are polarized, and we find a Faraday rotation measure that is consistent with the low value of +0.6 rad m⁻² reported by CHIME/FRB. The DSA-110 localization overlaps with the galaxy PSO J347.2702+48.7066 at a redshift z = 0.0771, which we identify as the likely host. PSO J347.2702+48.7066 has a stellar mass of approximately 10¹⁰ M_⊙, modest internal dust extinction, and a star formation rate likely in excess of 0.1 M_⊙ yr⁻¹. The host-galaxy contribution to the dispersion measure is likely ≲50 pc cm⁻³. The FRB 20220912A source is therefore likely viewed along a tenuous plasma column through the host galaxy.

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© 2023. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. The authors thank staff members of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory and the Caltech radio group, including Kristen Bernasconi, Stephanie Cha-Ramos, Sarah Harnach, Tom Klinefelter, Lori McGraw, Corey Posner, Andres Rizo, Michael Virgin, Scott White, and Thomas Zentmyer. Their tireless efforts were instrumental to the success of the DSA110. The DSA-110 is supported by the National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Innovations Program in Astronomical Sciences (MSIP) under grant AST-1836018. We acknowledge use of the VLA calibrator manual and the radio fundamental catalog. Some of the data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation. Facilities: Keck:I (LRIS), Keck:II (ESI). Software: astropy (Astropy Collaboration et al. 2022), CASA (THE CASA TEAM et al. 2022), frb, heimdall (Barsdell et al. 2012), lpipe (Perley 2019), pPXF (Cappellari2022), Prospector (Johnson et al. 2021), wsclean (Offringa et al. 2014).

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