Luminous persistent sources in nearby galaxies search

Assuming that the radio persistent sources are not related to galactic nuclei and that they follow the galaxy g-band light, the 11 sources imply a 95% confidence upper limit on the space density of luminous persistent sources of <~5x10^-5^Mpc^-3^, and that at any given time only a small fraction of galaxies host a radio-luminous persistent source (<~10^-3^L_*_^-1^). Assuming a persistent source lifetime of 100 years, this implies a birth rate of <~5x10^-7^yr^-1^Mpc^-3^.

Given the FRB volumetric rate, and assuming that all FRBs repeat and are associated with persistent radio sources, this sets a lower limit on the rate of FRB events per persistent source of >~0.8yr^-1^. I argue that these 11 candidates are good targets for FRB searches and I estimate the FRB event rate from these candidates.