Abstract

Poster - Splinter eROSITA   (SFG 0140 / virtual eROSITA)

Multiwavelength Constraints on the Nature of Fast Radio Bursts

Florian Eppel, Matthias Kadler, Sabina Bahic, Marylin Cruces, Clancy James, Mirko Krumpe, Arne Rau, Laura Spitler, Joern Wilms
JMU Wuerzburg, JMU Wuerzburg, AIP, MPIfR Bonn, Curtin University Perth, AIP, MPE Garching, MPIfR Bonn, ECAP

The origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is still unclear with a plethora of theoretical models for their origin. Several such models predict associated multi-wavelength emission, but previous searches for optical, X-ray or gamma-ray counterparts of FRBs have not led to any detections. The Galactic magnetar SGR 1935+2154A has been observed to simultaneously emit FRB-like bursts and X-ray flares. We present a joint radio/X-ray program using the eROSITA instrument and the Effelsberg and Parkes radio-telescopes to conduct simultaneous radio/X-ray observations of previously detected FRB positions. Low-DM and repeating FRBs make excellent targets for these coordinated observations aiming to observe coincident radio/X-ray flares to determine if this phenomenology applies to the extragalactic FRB population.