Statistical properties and lensing effect on the repeating fast radio burst FRB 180916.J0158+65

Abstract

ABSTRACT FRB 180916.J0158+65 is a well-known repeating fast radio burst with a period ($16.35~\rm d$) and an active window ($5.0~\rm d$). We give out the statistical results of the dispersion measures and waiting times of bursts of FRB 180916.J0158+65. We find the dispersion measures at the different frequencies show a bimodal distribution. The peaking dispersion measures of the left mode of the bimodal distributions increase with frequency, but the right one is inverse. The waiting times also present the bimodal distribution, peaking at 0.05622 and 1612.91266 s. The peaking time is irrelevant to the properties of bursts, either for the preceding or subsequent burst. By comparing the statistical results with possible theoretical models, we suggest that FRB 180916.J0158+65 suffered from the plasma lensing effects in the propagation path. Moreover, this source may be originated from a highly magnetized neutron star in a high-mass X-ray binary.