Non-detection of FAST and Parkes follow-up observation for 27 Parkes discovered FRBs

TL;DR

This study conducted follow-up observations on 27 non-repeating FRBs from the Parkes database, finding no repeats and setting stringent upper limits on their repetition rates, indicating a likely homogeneous population with very low activity.

Contribution

It provides the first uniform, multi-telescope follow-up analysis of these FRBs, significantly tightening constraints on their repetition rates and suggesting low intrinsic activity.

Findings

No additional bursts detected from the 27 FRBs

Repetition rate upper limits are an order of magnitude stricter than previous studies

FRBs likely form a homogeneous population with low activity rates

Abstract

To investigate whether apparently non-repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are truly one-off transients, we conducted systematic follow-up observations of 27 out of 81 non-repeating FRBs identified in the Parkes Transient Database. Using 59.0 hours of data from the Parkes Ultra-Wideband Low (UWL) receiver and 6.3 hours from the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) 19-beam receiver, we searched for repeated bursts from these sources. No additional bursts were detected from any of the 27 FRBs. Combining these non-detections with prior archival observations, we derived stringent upper limits on their repetition rates above 1 Jy under two statistical models: Poisson process constraints range from $\sim10^{-3.5}$ to $10^{-1.9}\,\mathrm{h^{-1}}$, while Weibull process constraints range from $\sim10^{-3.4}$ to $10^{-1.5}\,\mathrm{h^{-1}}$. These limits are approximately an order of magnitude stricter than those reported in previous studies. By applying consistent observational setups and analytical methodologies across all sources, the derived rate limits converge to a narrow, well-defined range. This suggests that these FRBs form a relatively homogeneous population with extremely low intrinsic activity rates.