{
  "id": "1407.1088",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2014-07-03T23:38:13.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-09-20T08:00:02.000Z",
  "title": "Unveiling the Origin of Fast Radio Bursts by Optical Follow Up Observations",
  "authors": [
    "Yuu Niino",
    "Tomonori Totani",
    "Jun E. Okumura"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 4 figures, added a new figure, accepted for publication in PASJ Letters",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "astro-ph.CO"
  ],
  "abstract": "We discuss how we can detect and identify counterparts of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in future optical follow up observations of FRBs if real-time alert of FRBs becomes available. We consider kilonovae as candidates of FRB optical counterparts, as expected in the case that FRBs originate from mergers of double neutron star binaries. Although theoretical predictions on luminosities of kilonovae are still highly uncertain, recent models suggest that kilonovae can be detected at redshifts up to z $\\sim$ 0.3 within the range of the uncertainties. We expect $\\sim$ 1--5 unrelated supernovae (SNe) down to a similar variability magnitude in 5 days interval within the typical error radius of a FRB. We show that, however, a kilonova can be distinguished from these SNe by its rapid decay and/or color evolution, making it possible to verify the existence of a kilonova associated with a FRB. We also discuss the case that SNe Ia are FRB optical counterparts, as it might be if FRBs originate from double white dwarf binaries. Verification of this scenario is also possible, since the chance probability of finding a SNe Ia having consistent explosion time with that of a FRB within the FRB error region is small (typically $\\lesssim$ 0.01).",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-07-03T23:38:13.000Z",
      "abstract": "We discuss how we can detect and identify counterparts of fast radio bursts (FRBs) in future optical follow up observations of FRBs if real-time alert of FRBs becomes available. We consider kilonovae as candidates of FRB optical counterparts, as expected in the case that FRBs originate from mergers of double neutron star binaries. Recent theoretical models predict that kilonovae can be detected at redshifts up to z $\\sim$ 0.3, but we also expect $\\sim$ 1--5 unrelated supernovae (SNe) down to a similar variability magnitude in 5 days interval within the typical error radius of a FRB. We show that, however, a kilonova can be distinguished from these SNe by its rapid decay and/or color evolution, making it possible to verify the existence of a kilonova associated with a FRB. We also discuss the case that SNe Ia are FRB optical counterparts, as expected if FRBs originate from double white dwarf binaries. Verification of this scenario is also possible, since the chance probability of finding a SNe Ia having consistent explosion time with that of a FRB within the FRB error region is small (typically $\\lesssim$ 0.01).",
      "comment": "5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PASJ Letters",
      "journal": null,
      "doi": null
    },
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2014-09-20T08:00:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "fast radio bursts",
      "observations",
      "frb optical counterparts",
      "frbs originate",
      "sne ia"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1093/pasj/psu115",
      "journal": "Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan",
      "year": 2014,
      "month": "Dec",
      "volume": 66,
      "number": 6
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1304919,
      "adsabs": "2014PASJ...66L...9N"
    }
  }
}