Memory in the Burst Occurrence of Repeating FRBs

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Main Authors: Wang, Ping, Song, Li-Ming, Xiong, Shao-Lin, Zhao, Xiao-Yun, Wang, Jin, Zhao, Shu-Min, Xiao, Shuo, Cai, Ce, Xie, Sheng-Lun, Xue, Wang-Chen, Wang, Chen-Wei, Wang, Yue, Zhang, Wen-Long
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author Wang, Ping
Song, Li-Ming
Xiong, Shao-Lin
Zhao, Xiao-Yun
Wang, Jin
Zhao, Shu-Min
Xiao, Shuo
Cai, Ce
Xie, Sheng-Lun
Xue, Wang-Chen
Wang, Chen-Wei
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Wen-Long
author_facet Wang, Ping
Song, Li-Ming
Xiong, Shao-Lin
Zhao, Xiao-Yun
Wang, Jin
Zhao, Shu-Min
Xiao, Shuo
Cai, Ce
Xie, Sheng-Lun
Xue, Wang-Chen
Wang, Chen-Wei
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Wen-Long
contents Understanding the nature of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) is crucial to probe their underlying physics. In this work, we analyze the waiting time statistics between bursts of three repeating FRBs from four datasets. We find a universally pronounced dependency of the waiting times on the previous time interval (denoted as $λ_0$). We observe a temporal clustering where short waiting times tend to be followed by short ones, and long by long comparative to their mean value. This memory dependency is manifested in the conditional mean waiting time as well as in the conditional mean residual time to the next burst, both of which increase in direct proportion to $λ_0$. Consequently, the likelihood of experiencing a subsequent FRB burst within a given time window after the preceding burst is generally influenced by the burst history. We reveal that for the first time, these memory effects are present in the scale-invariant preconditioned waiting time distribution. We show that the memory effect provides a unified description of waiting times which may account for both the repeating FRBs and the apparent non-repeating FRBs (i.e. only observed one time). These results shed new light on the mechanism of FRBs.
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Wang, Ping
Song, Li-Ming
Xiong, Shao-Lin
Zhao, Xiao-Yun
Wang, Jin
Zhao, Shu-Min
Xiao, Shuo
Cai, Ce
Xie, Sheng-Lun
Xue, Wang-Chen
Wang, Chen-Wei
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Wen-Long
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Understanding the nature of repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) is crucial to probe their underlying physics. In this work, we analyze the waiting time statistics between bursts of three repeating FRBs from four datasets. We find a universally pronounced dependency of the waiting times on the previous time interval (denoted as $λ_0$). We observe a temporal clustering where short waiting times tend to be followed by short ones, and long by long comparative to their mean value. This memory dependency is manifested in the conditional mean waiting time as well as in the conditional mean residual time to the next burst, both of which increase in direct proportion to $λ_0$. Consequently, the likelihood of experiencing a subsequent FRB burst within a given time window after the preceding burst is generally influenced by the burst history. We reveal that for the first time, these memory effects are present in the scale-invariant preconditioned waiting time distribution. We show that the memory effect provides a unified description of waiting times which may account for both the repeating FRBs and the apparent non-repeating FRBs (i.e. only observed one time). These results shed new light on the mechanism of FRBs.
title Memory in the Burst Occurrence of Repeating FRBs
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12978