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== Model Description == | == Model Description == | ||
In close analogy with the axion quark nugget (AQN) mechanism for generating solar nano flares, an AQN falling through an opportunely complicated region in a NS’s magnetosphere may be able to produce sufficient magnetic energy to power FRBs. Shock waves caused by the infalling AQN would trigger magnetic reconnection, and produce a giant flare. | |||
== Observational Constraints == | == Observational Constraints == | ||
There is a maximum cut-off frequency at infra-red wavelengths, and thus counterparts with higher frequencies would invalidate the model. | There is a maximum cut-off frequency at infra-red wavelengths, and thus counterparts with higher frequencies would invalidate the model. | ||
Revision as of 04:45, 10 October 2018
| Category | Progenitor | Type | Energy Mechanism | Emission Mechanism | Counterparts | References | Brief Comments | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF Radio | HF Radio | Microwave | Terahertz | Optical/IR | X-rays | Gamma-rays | Gravitational Waves | Neutrinos | |||||||
| Collision / Interaction | Axion Quark Nuggest and NS | Repeat | Mag. reconnection | Curv. | Yes | Possible | Possible | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.02352.pdf | None |
Definitions: LF Radio (3 MHz to 3 GHz); HF Radio (3 GHz to 30 GHz); Microwave (30 to 300 GHz)
Model Description
In close analogy with the axion quark nugget (AQN) mechanism for generating solar nano flares, an AQN falling through an opportunely complicated region in a NS’s magnetosphere may be able to produce sufficient magnetic energy to power FRBs. Shock waves caused by the infalling AQN would trigger magnetic reconnection, and produce a giant flare.
Observational Constraints
There is a maximum cut-off frequency at infra-red wavelengths, and thus counterparts with higher frequencies would invalidate the model.