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dc.contributor.authorMacquart, Jean-Pierre
dc.contributor.authorEkers, Ronald
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-18T07:57:03Z
dc.date.available2018-05-18T07:57:03Z
dc.date.created2018-05-18T00:23:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationMacquart, J. and Ekers, R. 2018. Fast radio burst event rate counts - I. Interpreting the observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474 (2): pp. 1900-1908.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67037
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/stx2825
dc.description.abstract

The fluence distribution of the fast radio burst (FRB) population (the 'source count' distribution, N ( > F) αF α ), is a crucial diagnostic of its distance distribution, and hence the progenitor evolutionary history. We critically reanalyse current estimates of the FRB source count distribution. We demonstrate that the Lorimer burst (FRB 010724) is subject to discovery bias, and should be excluded from all statistical studies of the population. We re-examine the evidence for flat, α > -1, source count estimates based on the ratio of single-beam to multiple-beam detections with the Parkes multibeam receiver, and show that current data imply only a very weak constraint of α ≲ -1.3. A maximum-likelihood analysis applied to the portion of the Parkes FRB population detected above the observational completeness fluence of 2 Jy ms yields α = -2.6 -1.3 +0.7 . Uncertainties in the location of each FRB within the Parkes beam render estimates of the Parkes event rate uncertain in both normalizing survey area and the estimated post-beam-corrected completeness fluence; this uncertainty needs to be accounted for when comparing the event rate against event rates measured at other telescopes.

dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.titleFast radio burst event rate counts - I. Interpreting the observations
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume474
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage1900
dcterms.source.endPage1908
dcterms.source.issn0035-8711
dcterms.source.titleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2017 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

curtin.departmentCurtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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