FRB Newsletter Volume 03, Issue 11 — November 2022

Total FRB count: 636
Repeaters: 25
Host galaxies: 22 (1 new)
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From the Editors

It's been a calmer month for the Newsletter this time, as we head towards the end of the year. As always, we welcome your items for inclusion in our round up of news, papers, conferences, and more. Happy Thanksgiving to our US readers, and we hope you enjoy this issue!

Papers of Interest

Reviews Host Galaxies and Localizations
  • Deep Synoptic Array science I: discovery of the host galaxy of FRB 20220912A; Ravi et al., arXiv: 2211.09049
Observational Results
  • A 7.0\% Determination of the Baryon Fraction in the Intergalactic Medium from Localized Fast Radio Bursts; Wang et al., arXiv: 2211.02209
  • Finding the missing baryons in the intergalactic medium with localized fast radio bursts; Yang et al., arXiv: 2211.04058
  • Limits on Simultaneous and Delayed Optical Emission from Well-Localized Fast Radio Bursts; Hiramatsu et al., arXiv: 2211.03974
  • Radio Transients and Variables in the Tenth Deeper, Wider, Faster Observing Run; Dobie et al., arXiv: 2211.07049
Theory and Modeling
  • FRB emission mechanisms vs. observations; Popov, arXiv: 2210.14268
  • Pulsar revival in neutron star mergers: multi-messenger prospects for the discovery of pre-merger coherent radio emission; Cooper et al., arXiv: 2210.17205
  • Continuous gravitational wave detection to understand the generation mechanism of fast radio bursts; Kalita et al., arXiv: 2211.00940
  • Diverse Properties of Molecular Gas in the Host Galaxies of Fast Radio Bursts; Hatsukade et al., arXiv: 2211.02279
  • Hybrid Pulsar-Magnetar Model for FRB 20191221A; Beniamini et al., arXiv: 2211.07669
Magnetars and other relevant results
  • Search for gravitational-wave transients associated with magnetar bursts during the third Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observing run; Merfeld et al., arXiv: 2210.14258
  • The Luminosity Phase Space of Galactic and Extragalactic X-ray Transients Out to Intermediate Redshifts; Polzin et al., arXiv: 2211.01232
  • A note on the anti-glitch of magnetar SGR 1935+2154; Tong, arXiv: 2211.01540
  • A giant glitch from the magnetar SGR J1935+2154 before FRB 200428; Ge et al., arXiv: 2211.03246
  • On torque reversal during delayed spin up glitch of SGR 1935+2154; Wang et al., arXiv: 2211.08151
  • Resolving the Emission Regions of the Crab Pulsar's Giant Pulses II. Evidence for Relativistic Motion; Lin et al., arXiv: 2211.05209
  • Magnetar wind-driven shock breakout emission after double neutron star mergers: The effect of the anisotropy of the merger ejecta; Wu et al., arXiv: 2211.06825
From the Astronomer's Telegram
  • FRB 20220912A, a repeating fast radio burst source recently discovered by CHIME (see Volume 3 Issue 10), continued to be active this month, with further detections at FAST (ATel 15733), the Arecibo 12-m dish (ATel 15734), the Allen Telescope Array (ATel 15735), the Tianlai Dish Pathfinder Array (ATel 15758), as well as at Effelsberg and other telescopes as part of an EVN localization campaign (ATel 15727).
Meetings and Conference News
Relevant Job Listings

We note a large number of jobs (faculty and postdoc) on the AAS Job Register this season. A few of particular interest to the subject of the newsletter are included below.
  • Herzberg Instrument Science Fellow, Penticton, BC or Victoria, BC Canada. Deadline 16 December, 2022. AAS Job Register
  • Postdoctoral positions in radio astronomy, Caltech, USA. Deadline 13 January, 2023. AAS Job Register
  • Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Radio Astronomy, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. Deadline 15 January, 2023. AAS Job Register

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