# CHIME/FRB Collaboration 2020: Periodic activity from a fast radio burst source

> CHIME/FRB Collaboration, M. Amiri, B. C. Andersen et al., 2020. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Evidence that at least some repeaters are…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVCM0DA5B6X/periodic-activity-from-a-fast-radio-burst-source  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts)CHIME/FRB Collaboration 2020

**0**

# Periodic activity from a fast radio burst source

CHIME/FRB Collaboration, M. Amiri, B. C. Andersen et al., 2020. _Nature 582(7812), 351–355_.

A 16.35 ± 0.15 day activity cycle in the repeater FRB 180916.J0158+65: all 38 bursts from September 2018 to February 2020 arrive in a 5-day window of the cycle.

**Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts** Articledoi: **[10.1038/s41586-020-2398-2](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2398-2)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Evidence that at least some repeaters are modulated by orbits or precession.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[A 16.35-day activity cycle in FRB 180916.J0158+65 suggests orbital or precessional modulation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/evidence/EVD0CVCMFSG1WHT/a-16-35-day-activity-cycle-in-frb-180916-j0158-65-suggests)

Evidence

EVD

[CHIME finds a 16.35-day activity cycle in FRB 180916.J0158+65](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/events/EVT0CVCM9EC0M60/chime-finds-a-16-35-day-activity-cycle-in-frb-180916-j0158)

EVT

[Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
CHIME/FRB Collaboration, Amiri, M., Andersen, B. C., & et al. (2020). Periodic activity from a fast radio burst source. Nature 582(7812), 351–355. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2398-2
```

[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2398-2)

Key

**SRC** 0CVCM0DA5B6X

Kind

Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published article

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVCM0DA5B6X/periodic-activity-from-a-fast-radio-burst-source/csl.json)