FRB 121102: No supernova-like ejecta or magnetar power, hinting at a binary WD merger

arXiv:2608.26567 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.CO · Submitted 2026-08-27 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-27

Updated: 2026-08-27

Terminology

• Core — 12× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Julian Year — 5× in this paper
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Adam — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AGN — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Ambipolar Diffusion — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Chandrasekhar Carbon-Oxygen — 1× in this paper
• Self-consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Milliarcsecond-scale spectrum of the persistent radio source associated with FRB 20190417A and constraints for FRB 20181030A
• The search for failed supernovae with the Large Binocular Telescope: confirmation of a disappearing star
• A flaring magnetar in FRB 121102?
• Constraints on the persistent radio source associated with FRB 20190520B using the European VLBI Network
• Quasi-steady emission from repeating fast radio bursts can be explained by magnetar wind nebulae
• A nebular origin for the persistent radio emission of fast radio bursts
• The direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host
• A comprehensive observational study of the FRB 121102 persistent radio source
• Common Envelope Evolution Leading to Supernovae with Dense Interaction
• The First CHIME/FRB Fast Radio Burst Catalog
• The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project: System Overview
• Fast Radio Bursts: An Extragalactic Enigma
• Repeating behaviour of FRB 121102: periodicity, waiting times and energy distribution
• Indication for Decreasing Dispersion Measure in the Population of Repeating Fast Radio Bursts and Connection to Young Supernova Remnant Expansion
• The diverse outcomes of binary white dwarf mergers and connections to Galactic LISA sources
• Millisecond extragalactic radio bursts as magnetar flares
• Revisiting FRB 20121102A: milliarcsecond localisation and a decreasing dispersion measure
• Decadal evolution of a repeating fast radio burst source

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