{
  "id": "2202.00032",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2022-01-31T19:00:16.000Z",
  "updated": "2022-01-31T19:00:16.000Z",
  "title": "Gertsenshtein-Zel$'$dovich effect explains the origin of Fast Radio Bursts",
  "authors": [
    "Ashu Kushwaha",
    "Sunil Malik",
    "S. Shankaranarayanan"
  ],
  "comment": "Comments welcome! 19 pages, 6 figures, 1 table",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE",
    "astro-ph.CO",
    "gr-qc"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a novel model that explains the origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) -- short ($<1~\\rm{s}$), bright ($0.1 - 1000~\\rm{Jy}$) bursts of GHz frequency radio waves. The model has three ingredients -- compact object, progenitor with effective magnetic field strength around $10^{10}~{\\rm Gauss}$, and GHz frequency gravitational waves (GWs). The energy conversion from GWs to electromagnetic waves occurs when GWs pass through the magnetosphere of such compact objects due to the Gertsenshtein-Zel'dovich effect. This conversion produces bursts of electromagnetic waves in the GHz range, leading to FRBs. Our model has three key features: (i) can generate peak-flux up to $1000~{\\rm Jy}$, (ii) can naturally explain the pulse-width and (iii) predict FRB's random and repeating nature with a wide flux range. We thus conclude that the millisecond pulsars could be the progenitor of FRBs. Further, our model offers a novel perspective on the indirection detection of GWs at high-frequency beyond detection capabilities. Thus, transient events like FRBs are a rich source for the current era of multi-messenger astronomy.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2022-01-31T19:00:16.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "fast radio bursts",
      "dovich effect explains",
      "gertsenshtein-zel",
      "electromagnetic waves",
      "compact object"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 19,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}