Ecliptic proximity and clustering of fast radio bursts

TL;DR

This paper investigates the spatial distribution of Fast Radio Bursts, revealing their tendency to cluster near the ecliptic and a weak correlation between dispersion measure and ecliptic latitude, suggesting potential observational biases or underlying physical processes.

Contribution

It highlights the ecliptic proximity and clustering of FRBs and examines their dispersion measure correlation, providing new insights into their spatial distribution.

Findings

FRBs tend to cluster near the ecliptic plane.

Weak correlation between DM and ecliptic latitude.

Perytons show no significant proximity to major astronomical planes.

Abstract

It is pointed out that the positional distribution of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) shows proximity and clustering around the ecliptic. Their dispersion measure (DM) has a weak (80 percent significance level) correlation with the magnitude of the ecliptic latitude. The so called Perytons, however, show no significant proximity to any one of the three astronomical planes, viz celestial, ecliptic or galactic, although they are closer to the galactic plane.