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A fast radio burst with frequency-dependent polarization detected during Breakthrough Listen observations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, No. 3, Year 2019

Here, we report on the detection and verification of fast radio burst FRB 180301, which occurred on utc 2018 March 1 during the Breakthrough Listen observations with the Parkes telescope. Full-polarization voltage data of the detection were captured - a first for non-repeating FRBs - allowing for coherent de-dispersion and additional verification tests. The coherently de-dispersed dynamic spectrum of FRB 180301 shows complex, polarized frequency structure over a small fractional bandwidth. As FRB 180301 was detected close to the geosynchronous satellite band during a time of known 1-2 GHz satellite transmissions, we consider whether the burst was due to radio interference emitted or reflected from an orbiting object. Based on the pre-ponderance of our verification tests, we cannot conclusively determine FRB 180301 to be either astrophysical or anthropogenic in origin.

Price, Danny C.
1. Australia, Hawthorn Swinburne University of Technology
2. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Foster, Griffin S.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. United Kingdom, Oxford University of Oxford
Geyer, Marisa
1. South Africa, Observatory, Cape Town Sarao
Van Straten, Willem V.
1. New Zealand, Auckland Auckland University of Technology
Gajjar, Vishal
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. United States, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Hellbourg, G.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. Australia, Perth Curtin University
Karastergiou, Aris
1. United Kingdom, Oxford University of Oxford
2. South Africa, Bellville University of the Western Cape
3. South Africa, Grahamstown Rhodes University
Keane, Evan F.
1. United Kingdom, Manchester The University of Manchester
Siemion, Andrew P.V.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. Netherlands, Nijmegen Radboud Universiteit
3. United States, Mountain View Seti Institute
4. Malta, Msida L-università Ta' Malta
Arcavi, Iair
1. United States, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara
2. United States, Santa Barbara Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc
3. Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo Tel Aviv University
Bhat, R.
1. Australia, Perth Curtin University
Caleb, Manisha
1. United Kingdom, Manchester The University of Manchester
Chang, Seo Won
1. Australia, Canberra The Australian National University
2. Australia, Sydney The University of Sydney
3. Australia, Hawthorn Swinburne University of Technology
Croft, Steve D.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
DeBoer, David R.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
de Pater, Imke
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Drew, Jamie
1. United States, Moffett Field Nasa Ames Research Center
Enriquez, J. E.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. Netherlands, Nijmegen Radboud Universiteit
Farah, Wael
1. Australia, Hawthorn Swinburne University of Technology
Gizani, N. A.B.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. Greece, Patra Hellenic Open University
Green, James A.
1. Australia, Sydney Australia Telescope National Facility
Isaacson, Howard T.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Hickish, Jack
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Jameson, Andrew
1. Australia, Hawthorn Swinburne University of Technology
2. Australia, Sydney The University of Sydney
Lebofsky, Matt
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
MacMahon, David Harold Edward
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
Möller, Anais
1. Australia, Canberra The Australian National University
2. Australia, Sydney The University of Sydney
Onken, Christopher A.
1. Australia, Canberra The Australian National University
2. Australia, Sydney The University of Sydney
Petroff, Emily
1. Netherlands, Amsterdam Anton Pannekoek Instituut Voor Sterrenkunde
Werthimer, Dan J.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley
2. United States, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Wolf, Christian
1. Australia, Canberra The Australian National University
2. Australia, Sydney The University of Sydney
Worden, Simon Pete
1. United States, Moffett Field Nasa Ames Research Center
Zhang, Y. G.
1. United States, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley

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