A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin Export

@article{citeulike:2063749, abstract = {Pulsar surveys offer a rare opportunity to monitor the radio sky for impulsive burst-like events with millisecond durations. We analyzed archival survey data and found a 30-jansky dispersed burst, less than 5 milliseconds in duration, located 3{degrees} from the Small Magellanic Cloud. The burst properties argue against a physical association with our Galaxy or the Small Magellanic Cloud. Current models for the free electron content in the universe imply that the burst is less than 1 gigaparsec distant. No further bursts were seen in 90 hours of additional observations, which implies that it was a singular event such as a supernova or coalescence of relativistic objects. Hundreds of similar events could occur every day and, if detected, could serve as cosmological probes. 10.1126/science.1147532}, author = {Lorimer, D. R. and Bailes, M. and Mclaughlin, M. A. and Narkevic, D. J. and Crawford, F.}, citeulike-article-id = {2063749}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1147532}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/318/5851/777}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17901298}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17901298}, day = {2}, doi = {10.1126/science.1147532}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {burst, extragalactic, radio}, month = {November}, number = {5851}, pages = {777--780}, posted-at = {2007-12-05 19:44:47}, priority = {2}, title = {A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1147532}, volume = {318}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2063749 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2063749 N2 - Pulsar surveys offer a rare opportunity to monitor the radio sky for impulsive burst-like events with millisecond durations. We analyzed archival survey data and found a 30-jansky dispersed burst, less than 5 milliseconds in duration, located 3{degrees} from the Small Magellanic Cloud. The burst properties argue against a physical association with our Galaxy or the Small Magellanic Cloud. Current models for the free electron content in the universe imply that the burst is less than 1 gigaparsec distant. No further bursts were seen in 90 hours of additional observations, which implies that it was a singular event such as a supernova or coalescence of relativistic objects. Hundreds of similar events could occur every day and, if detected, could serve as cosmological probes. 10.1126/science.1147532 IS - 5851 JF - Science EP - 780 TI - A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin VL - 318 SP - 777 KW - burst KW - extragalactic KW - radio AU - Lorimer, DR AU - Bailes, M AU - Mclaughlin, MA AU - Narkevic, DJ AU - Crawford, F PY - 2007/11/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1147532 ER -