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2025A&A...695L..10E - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 695L10 (2025/3-1)

Constraints on the X-ray-to-radio fluence ratio of FRB 20240114A.

EPPEL F., KRUMPE M., LIMAYE P., INTRARAT N., WONGPHECHAUXSORN J., CRUCES M., HERRMANN W., JANKOWSKI F., JAROENJITTICHAI P., SPITLER L.G. and KADLER M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on multiwavelength observations of FRB 20240114A, a nearby (z = 0.13), hyperactive, repeating fast radio burst that was discovered in January 2024. We performed simultaneous observations of the source with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope, the Thai National Radio Telescope, the Astropeiler Stockert, and the X-ray satellite XMM-Newton in May 2024. On May 23, 2024, we detected 459 bursts from the source using the Ultra-Broad-Band (UBB) receiver of the Effelsberg telescope, covering a frequency range from 1.3 GHz to 6 GHz. All bursts have simultaneous X-ray coverage, which allows us to put stringent constraints on the X-ray-to-radio fluence ratio, ηx/r, of FRB 20240114A. In this work, we focus on the three brightest radio bursts detected during the campaign. The brightest burst exhibits a radio fluence of 1.4 × 10–17 erg cm–2, while the 3σ upper limit of the 0.2-12 keV absorption-corrected X-ray burst fluence lies in the range of 3.4 × 10–11 erg cm–2 to 1.7 × 10–10 erg cm–2, depending on the spectral model. Assuming a 10 keV black-body spectrum, the X-ray-to-radio fluence ratio can be constrained to ηx/r < 1.2 × 107. A cutoff power law (Γ = 1.56, cutoff at 84 keV) is also considered, physically motivated by the Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154, which has previously shown X-ray bursts associated with FRB-like radio bursts at a measured X-ray-to-radio fluence ratio of ηx/r ∼ 2.5 × 105 (1-250 keV). In this scenario, we find that ηx/r < 2.4 × 106. Our results are consistent with FRB 20240114A being powered by a mechanism similar to that of SGR 1935+2154. We show that future multiwavelength campaigns will be able to improve this limit if sufficiently bright radio bursts are observed with simultaneous X-ray coverage.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2025

Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - methods: data analysis - methods: observational - stars: magnetars - X-rays: bursts

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