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Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts2 key questions · 5 questions · 0 answered

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KeyAre repeating and one-off sources one population or several?

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Are the brightest one-off bursts the tail of one distribution or a separate class?

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KeyWhat produces most of the one-off fast radio bursts?

Most likelyMagnetars or other neutron stars formed late, by mergers of neutron stars or white dwarfs or by the collapse…

How do burst sources come to be in old star clusters and dead galaxies?

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Is the radio emission made in the neutron star's magnetosphere or in shocks far from it?

Most likelyCoherent emission within or just beyond a neutron-star magnetosphere