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Smarra C, Goncharov B, Barausse E, Antoniadis J, Babak S, Nielsen ASB, Bassa CG, Berthereau A, Bonetti M, Bortolas E, Brook PR, Burgay M, Caballero RN, Chalumeau A, Champion DJ, Chanlaridis S, Chen S, Cognard I, Desvignes G, Falxa M, Ferdman RD, Franchini A, Gair JR, Graikou E, Grießmeier JM, Guillemot L, Guo YJ, Hu H, Iraci F, Izquierdo-Villalba D, Jang J, Jawor J, Janssen GH, Jessner A, Karuppusamy R, Keane EF, Keith MJ, Kramer M, Krishnakumar MA, Lackeos K, Lee KJ, Liu K, Liu Y, Lyne AG, McKee JW, Main RA, Mickaliger MB, Niţu IC, Parthasarathy A, Perera BBP, Perrodin D, Petiteau A, Porayko NK, Possenti A, Leclere HQ, Samajdar A, Sanidas SA, Sesana A, Shaifullah G, Speri L, Spiewak R, Stappers BW, Susarla SC, Theureau G, Tiburzi C, van der Wateren E, Vecchio A, Krishnan VV, Wang J, Wang L, Wu Z. Second Data Release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: Challenging the Ultralight Dark Matter Paradigm. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:171001. [PMID: 37955508 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.171001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
Pulsar Timing Array experiments probe the presence of possible scalar or pseudoscalar ultralight dark matter particles through decade-long timing of an ensemble of galactic millisecond radio pulsars. With the second data release of the European Pulsar Timing Array, we focus on the most robust scenario, in which dark matter interacts only gravitationally with ordinary baryonic matter. Our results show that ultralight particles with masses 10^{-24.0} eV≲m≲10^{-23.3} eV cannot constitute 100% of the measured local dark matter density, but can have at most local density ρ≲0.3 GeV/cm^{3}.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clemente Smarra
- SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Trieste
- IFPU-Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Via Beirut 2, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
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- SISSA-International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Trieste
- IFPU-Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Via Beirut 2, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH, Nikolaou Plastira 100, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Université Paris Cité CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, 75013 Paris, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, 7991 PD, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Université d'Orléans/CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
- Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, 18330 Nançay, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Brera 20, I-20121 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Brera 20, I-20121 Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- Hellenic Open University, School of Science and Technology, 26335 Patras, Greece
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH, Nikolaou Plastira 100, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
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- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Université d'Orléans/CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
- Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, 18330 Nançay, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Université Paris Cité CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, 75013 Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Université d'Orléans/CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
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- School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Muühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Université d'Orléans/CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
- Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, 18330 Nançay, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Université d'Orléans/CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
- Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, 18330 Nançay, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
- Universitá di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Fisica, S.P. Monserrato-Sestu Km 0,700-09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, 7991 PD, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, D02 PN40, Ireland
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH, Nikolaou Plastira 100, 70013, Heraklion, Greece
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, 18330 Nançay, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
- Centre of Excellence for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM), University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Arecibo Observatory, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- Université Paris Cité CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, 75013 Paris, France
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Haus 28, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via Brera 20, I-20121 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Muühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe-University of Galway, University Road, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Université d'Orléans/CNRS, 45071 Orléans Cedex 02, France
- Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université d'Orléans, CNRS, 18330 Nançay, France
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories LUTh, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, 09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, 7991 PD, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
- Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomical Institute (AIRUB), 44780 Bochum, Germany
- Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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Cameron AD, Champion DJ, Kramer M, Bailes M, Barr ED, Bassa CG, Bhandari S, Bhat NDR, Burgay M, Burke-Spolaor S, Eatough RP, Flynn CML, Freire PCC, Jameson A, Johnston S, Karuppusamy R, Keith MJ, Levin L, Lorimer DR, Lyne AG, McLaughlin MA, Ng C, Petroff E, Possenti A, Ridolfi A, Stappers BW, van Straten W, Tauris TM, Tiburzi C, Wex N. The High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey – XIII. PSR J1757−1854, the most accelerated binary pulsar. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A D Cameron
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H39, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- ARC Center of Excellence for All-Sky Astronomy (CAASTRO), Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H30, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H11, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, NL-7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H39, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- ARC Center of Excellence for All-Sky Astronomy (CAASTRO), Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H30, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
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- ARC Center of Excellence for All-Sky Astronomy (CAASTRO), Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H30, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Via della Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, PO Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
- Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H39, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H39, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- ARC Center of Excellence for All-Sky Astronomy (CAASTRO), Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H30, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
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- CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, PO Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, PO Box 6315, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, NL-7990 AA Dwingeloo, the Netherlands
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- INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Via della Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius (CA), Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H39, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- ARC Center of Excellence for All-Sky Astronomy (CAASTRO), Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H30, PO Box 218, VIC 3122, Australia
- Institute for Radio Astronomy & Space Research, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Argelander-Insitut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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Ravi V, Shannon RM, Bailes M, Bannister K, Bhandari S, Bhat NDR, Burke-Spolaor S, Caleb M, Flynn C, Jameson A, Johnston S, Keane EF, Kerr M, Tiburzi C, Tuntsov AV, Vedantham HK. The magnetic field and turbulence of the cosmic web measured using a brilliant fast radio burst. Science 2016; 354:1249-1252. [PMID: 27856844 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf6807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration events thought to originate beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Uncertainty surrounding the burst sources, and their propagation through intervening plasma, has limited their use as cosmological probes. We report on a mildly dispersed (dispersion measure 266.5 ± 0.1 parsecs per cubic centimeter), exceptionally intense (120 ± 30 janskys), linearly polarized, scintillating burst (FRB 150807) that we directly localize to 9 square arc minutes. On the basis of a low Faraday rotation (12.0 ± 0.7 radians per square meter), we infer negligible magnetization in the circum-burst plasma and constrain the net magnetization of the cosmic web along this sightline to <21 nanogauss, parallel to the line-of-sight. The burst scintillation suggests weak turbulence in the ionized intergalactic medium.
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- V Ravi
- Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, MC249-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, Post Office Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia. .,International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Post Office Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, Post Office Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Post Office Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Australia
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- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Australia
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- National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Array Operations Center, Post Office Box 0, Socorro, NM 87801-0387, USA
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Post Office Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Australia.,Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, ACT 2611, Australia
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Post Office Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Australia
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Post Office Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, Post Office Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
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- Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Organisation, Jodrell Bank Observatory, SK11 9DL, UK
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility, Post Office Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Manly Astrophysics, 3/22 Cliff Street, Manly NSW 2095, Australia
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- Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, MC249-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Taylor SR, Mingarelli CMF, Gair JR, Sesana A, Theureau G, Babak S, Bassa CG, Brem P, Burgay M, Caballero RN, Champion DJ, Cognard I, Desvignes G, Guillemot L, Hessels JWT, Janssen GH, Karuppusamy R, Kramer M, Lassus A, Lazarus P, Lentati L, Liu K, Osłowski S, Perrodin D, Petiteau A, Possenti A, Purver MB, Rosado PA, Sanidas SA, Smits R, Stappers B, Tiburzi C, van Haasteren R, Vecchio A, Verbiest JPW. Limits on Anisotropy in the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:041101. [PMID: 26252674 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.041101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
The paucity of observed supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) may imply that the gravitational wave background (GWB) from this population is anisotropic, rendering existing analyses suboptimal. We present the first constraints on the angular distribution of a nanohertz stochastic GWB from circular, inspiral-driven SMBHBs using the 2015 European Pulsar Timing Array data. Our analysis of the GWB in the ~2-90 nHz band shows consistency with isotropy, with the strain amplitude in l>0 spherical harmonic multipoles ≲40% of the monopole value. We expect that these more general techniques will become standard tools to probe the angular distribution of source populations.
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- S R Taylor
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
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- TAPIR (Theoretical Astrophysics), California Institute of Technology, MC 350-17, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
- Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace LPC2E CNRS-Université d'Orléans, F-45071 Orléans, France
- Station de radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, F-18330 Nançay, France
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories LUTh, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany
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- ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands
- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace LPC2E CNRS-Université d'Orléans, F-45071 Orléans, France
- Station de radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, F-18330 Nançay, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace LPC2E CNRS-Université d'Orléans, F-45071 Orléans, France
- Station de radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, F-18330 Nançay, France
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- ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands
- Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands
- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace LPC2E CNRS-Université d'Orléans, F-45071 Orléans, France
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy
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- Université Paris-Diderot-Paris7, APC-UFR de Physique, Batiment Condorcet, 10 rue Alice Domont et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert Einstein Institute, Callinstraße 38, 30167 Hanover, Germany
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, via della Scienza 5, I-09047 Selargius, CA, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica-Universitá di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Mandarano R, Giorgi G, Venturini N, Mancini E, Natale A, Tiburzi C. [Perineal hernia]. MINERVA CHIR 1999; 54:523-9. [PMID: 10528488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The authors base this study on a case of perineal hernia referred to their attention. In the light of the scant international literature on this subject, they focus on the topographical anatomy of the pelvic floor in order to gain a clearer understanding of this pathology, as well as their classification into median, lateral, anterior and posterior forms. Above all, the authors draw attention to the importance of the differential diagnosis of perineal hernia from Bartholin cysts or vulvar tumours in relation to anterior perineal hernia, and perianal abscesses in relation to posterior hernia. They underline the value of ultrasonography or TAC during the diagnostic procedure. Lastly, they examine the channels of aggression for this type of hernia which may be abdominal, perianal or combined (abdominal and peri-anal), as well as the repair techniques used, varying from direct suture with non-absorbable material to the use of prolene mesh or flaps if the hernia breech is very large.
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- R Mandarano
- Presidio Ospedaliero Sansepolcro, UO Chirurgia Generale, ASL n. 8, Arezzo
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Palazzi A, Laurenzi F, Tiburzi C, Ottaviani O. [Usefulness of supplemental treatment with glypressin during the eradication phase of esophageal varices using endoscopic sclerotherapy]. Minerva Dietol Gastroenterol 1989; 35:257-60. [PMID: 2695860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The response of 20 patients with oesophageal varices randomly assigned to treatment by endoscopic sclerotherapy with or without adjuvant Glipressina was assessed on the basis of the following parameters: mean eradication time for oesophageal varices and frequency of bleeding during that period. The preliminary results suggest that the drug may have a favourable influence on both eradication time and bleeding in sclerotherapy.
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