2026ApJ...996...29X -
Astrophys. J., 996, 29 (2026/January-1)
Evidence for Gravitational Lensing in FRB 20190320B: A Potential Lens Mass of ∼420 Solar Masses.
XIONG S.-W., XIAO S., JIANG Z.-H., LAI Y., ZHANG Y.-Q., ZHAO R.-S. and YOU Z.-Y.
Abstract (from CDS):
Due to their millisecond-duration pulses and high flux, fast radio bursts (FRBs) are ideal probes for detecting low-mass gravitational lensing signals, as their distinctive characteristics make them highly sensitive to subtle time delays and lensing effects. We search for lensing events using the high-time-resolution (2.56 μs) channelized raw voltage (baseband) data of 58 FRBs consisting of at least two components publicly released by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment/FRB Collaboration, which allows the microstructures of FRBs to be better resolved compared to the intensity data. We apply different algorithms to examine these FRBs and identify a lensing candidate, FRB 20190320B, with a delay of ∼1.24 ms and an intensity ratio of ∼1.16 between the two pulses. Although some methods show a significance exceeding 5σ, we conservatively regard this event as a candidate due to the potential limitations of these methods. Assuming it is indeed a lensed signal, we estimate its redshifted lens mass to be ∼424 M⊙, which ranks among the lowest mass estimates reported for candidate lensed FRBs.
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© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
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